Quotes About Intent

When you paint an evil thing, do you invoke it or take away its power?

Is there an acceptable result? Do we mean something when we talk?

Where are we going?" asked Victor. "If I'm allowed to ask." I squirmed around in my seat so that I could look him in the eye. "That's what you're going to tell us. As hard as it is to believe, we didn't do all that just because we missed your pleasant company." "That is hard to believe.

Where are you going?" he asked. "To break someone's heart," I replied.

You never do anything without a reason." "Of course not. Why do anything without a reason?" "Don't start up with your circular logic.

Tu no fallaste, porque "fallar" implica que tú en realidad hubieses hecho algo.

interior of his purposes…. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest

Sin un propósito, la vida es una marcha sin sentido, un movimiento sin dirección y sucesos sin motivos. La vida sin propósito es trivial, insignificante e inútil.

When we take ourselves too seriously it gets in the way of the thing that we are so seriously trying to do.

You cannot hit two targets with one arrow. If your thoughts stray, you miss your enemies' heart. Mind and arrow must become one.

In fact, with experience and maturity we learn to worry less about others' intent and more about the effect others' actions are having on us. No longer are we in the game of rooting out unhealthy motives. And here's the good news. When we reflect on alternative motives, not only do we soften our emotions, but equally important, we relax our absolute certainty long enough to allow for dialogue— the only reliable way of discovering others' genuine motives.

essential to verbalize your good intent. In face-to-face conversation

Said another way, safety in a conversation is about intent, not content.

Get out," he said flatly. "I just got her normal again. Get out before you turn her into a sniveling, twitterpated…twit!" "Jenks!" I exclaimed, and Pierce put a calming hand on me. "That is my intent, Jenks," he said gallantly, and I wondered if Pierce meant his intent was to leave or to turn me into a twitterpated twit.

How you think about what you're doing makes a huge difference

Knowledge is important, but much more important is the use toward which it is put. This depends on the heart and mind of the one who uses it.

You promised to make me pay!' 'I intend to, Empress, but not in the way you're thinking.' His accented words were loaded with innuendo.

When you aren't committed to the outcome of the game, there is no way you can win.

The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good.

The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good. Now, the Nome King had never tried to be good, so he was very bad indeed.

What is the quality of your intent?

My intent was not to go after Rush - I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh. I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. ... There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding on my part. When action was needed, I was absorbed in words; for words proceeded with such difficulty from my mouth that I was intent on them and forgot all about action. It seemed to me that actions, which are dazzling, varied things, must always be accompanied by equally dazzling and equally varied words.