Quotes About Intent

It's not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

It is not enought to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

To think at all requires a purpose, no matter how vague. The best thinking, however, requires a definite purpose, and the more definite this purpose the more definite will be our thinking. Therefore in taking up any special line of thought, we must first find just what our end or purpose is, and thus get clearly in mind what our problems are.

All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.

You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.

If you can do it then why do it?

As an actress, I never went to film school, and I think if I had gone to film school, I would have started with a great advantage. If you have a strong intent to do anything in life, you can do it, but it always helps to have formal training.

I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.

What we've done as a country is, we've said we owe it to our citizens to know who is traveling here and if they intend to do us harm.

I'm a firm believer in stories with arcs and beginnings and endings and all that. 'Scott Pilgrim' is sort of one long novel, and it's so long that I get confused and sort of tread water sometimes. But there's definitely a goal to it. People who just dismiss it as shallow, that's their prerogative, but it's not really my intent.

We have a tremendous lack of knowledge of how far we have gotten away from the Constitution of the United States. Democrats and Republicans alike have taken us away from the original intent. You see, I believe in this document as our founding fathers intended it.

There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.

Imani ni nia ya kujua kisichoweza kujulikana na hupeleka watu kwenye ukweli. Kuamini hupotosha, na ni nia ya kudharau kinachoweza kujulikana.

Life is finite, so focus on your purpose and do what is important.

A purposeful life is a happy life.

You character and action will reveal your purpose.

I am awake and witness to the beauty that resides behind you're soulful eyes of intent. Become my impaler.

Nothing in her world aligns to the surreality of her dreams. She can feel his presence, his warmth, his depth of intent pressing against her.

In making a clear distinction between desire (answer) and yearning (question), we inevitably end up back at personal purpose.

Only when you observe with the intent to understand you will discover the deeper truth.

Happiness is the fragrance, not the fruit of an action.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Nobody who bought a drill actually wanted a drill. They wanted a hole. Therefore, if you want to sell drills, you should advertise information about making holes – NOT information about drills!