Quotes About Intent

You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.

Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom.

What really pleases the Spiritual Master is our intent and the quality of our character.

Absence of conflict creating intents is itself Moksh (Ultimate Liberation).

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

how unfair not to give him that other chance, that other chance which, he now had no doubt at all, he had always intended to take.

Thou hast no right but to do thy will... For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

Any act, if in accordance with the will, is an act of magic.

Who hath the how is careless of the why

44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

They're smart enough to know the one thing a person values most in the house, and they may purposefully decide to smash

I intend that my last work shall be a cookbook composed of memories and desires. ---Alexander Dumas, 1869, as quoted in Life Is Meals: A Food Lover's Book of Days by James and Kay Salter

Patriotic'? Dear, dear me!" Scarlett covered her mouth in mock astonishment. "I didn't know that was 'patriotism.' I believe what you intended has ruder names, though no well-bred Georgia lady would admit to knowing them.

a true magician always knows the exact meaning of every word and action of a ritual.

Purposes are deduced from behavior, not from rhetoric or stated goals.

Words spoken in pain could be far crueler than the speaker really intended. -Bound

If Recsk had taught him anything, it was that for those intent on killing, life was the ultimate revenge.

to be an elite warrior was to strike savagely, without hesitation or second-guessing. No queasiness over hurting an opponent, no mercy, and no stopping to congratulate oneself. Nothing but focus, speed, confidence, and savage intent.

Nevertheless for a certain type of person who is intent on finding blame rather than forgiveness in the world, Foucault

Thus, in effect, all we are really saying is that "X happened because that's what people wanted; and we know that X is what they wanted because X is what happened.

You are all aware that my private life has been pictured to the public by the press of the country with the intent to make people believe me to be a very bad woman.

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will.

If you have life, you have purpose.

if our own mission and purpose is too cloudy, we make it difficult for our adversary to make a decision? The same thing goes with questions.