Quotes About Intent

Only let a man say that he will do something and a whole mechanism goes to work to stop him.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all of them for the sake of man.

All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.

All things must; man is the only creature that wills.

The goal of life: simple but not empty.

Action is taking the first step. Action is climbing the hill. Action combined with desire, harmonious intent, and undoubting yesfulness is invincible. Hallelujah!

They were hollow words. I think God heard this and knew. Promises should be sacred; I think I cursed myself by making one I did not intend to keep.

A warrior has to believe, otherwise he cannot activate his intent positively.

ALL FORCES WITHIN NATURE ARE ESSENTIALLY NEUTRAL. THEY MANIFEST EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY DEPENDING UPON THE INTENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS THE MISINTERPRETATION OF THIS FACT THAT HAS GIVEN RISE TO THE ERRONEOUS CONCEPT OF FREE WILL. WARRIORS DO NOT HAVE FREE WILL; FOR THEM THERE IS ONLY THE CHOICE TO ACT IMPECCABLY OR UNIMPECCABLY. TO ACT UNIMPECCABLY IS FOR WARRIORS NOT A CHOICE WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION; THEREFORE FREE WILL IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.

Rüya, ÅŸakalar?n?n kalitesi hakk?nda tasalanmaz. Ä°yi espriler yapmak derdinde deÄŸildir; çünkü zaten herhangi bir ÅŸey yapmak istememektedir. Rüya yönelimsizdir; çünkü kendisi yönelimdir; bu nedenle rüyalar?n isabetli ya da isabetsiz olmas? söz konusu deÄŸildir.

Cada día debemos renovar nuestro propósito y excitarnos a mayor fervor, como si hoy fuese el primer día de nuestra conversión, y decir: Señor, Dios mío, ayúdame en mi buen intento y en tu santo servicio, y dame gracia para que comience hoy perfectamente, porque no es nada cuanto hice hasta aquí. I Par. 14, 11

Tiny positive or negative increments in the quality of your intent, over many thousands of choices, eventually lead to either an increasing or decreasing consciousness quality.

Big Truth, once understood and assimilated, always modifies your intent, and invariably leads to personal change.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Never confuse motion with action.

There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie.

and neither of them ever said what they meant and i guess nobody ever does

Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life.

The more vulgar apologists for U.S. and Israeli crimes solemnly explain that, while Arabs purposely kill civilians, the U.S. and Israel, being democratic societies, do not intend to do so. Their

The long tradition of naiveté and self-righteousness that disfigures our intellectual history, however, must serve as a warning to the third world, if such a warning is needed, as to how our protestations of sincerity and benign intent are to be interpreted.