Quotes About Intent

what wind blows you here? nit an ill wind, I hope

He was careless of his life; careless of whether he lived or died, but not actively intent on self harm.

The responsible duty of making the toast was delegated to the Aged, and that excellent old gentleman was so intent upon it that he seemed to me in some danger of melting his eyes. It was no nominal meal that we were going to make, but a vigorous reality.

once drawing the coach across the road, with the mutinous intent of taking it back to Blackheath. Reins and whip and coachman and guard, however, in combination, had read that article of war

Never confuse movement with action. —Ernest Hemingway

We're more intent on getting out of our circumstances than we are on finding out what great things God wants to show us. But the Father never allows difficulty just for the sake of difficulty—there is always a higher purpose involved. The problem is we cannot always identify God's higher purpose in the midst of our trials. That's when we must exercise our faith by waiting on His word to us.

It is not how busy you are, but why you are busy — the bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted.

William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

The goal of life: simple but not empty.

Natural, xingar a mãe de uma pessoa não vale nada, porque todo mundo vê logo que a gente não tem intenção de maltratar ninguém. Um ditério sem importância.

You can take it with you because objects don't just disappear like some people do, intent to remind and to continue breaking, like china cups fragile hearts

Be intent on the action, not on the fruits of action.2

My aim in this book has been throughout an historical, not an apologetic aim.

He had a sense—honed by experience—that what he'd contrived might achieve something of the effect he wanted. That, Martinius had always said, was the best any man in this fallible world could expect. [p. 67]

Those who look behind will never see that life is a life of purpose.

I never go but where I have some great purpose to serve, returned he, either in the advancement of my own power and dominion or in thwarting my enemies.

Most people have some purpose or other in their lives. Aristotle says that the end of every being is its greatest good. We all act in view of some good.

Power has been defined as the production of intended effects, but the crux of the matter lies in the dimensions of "intent.

There's nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.

What was premeditated murder if not calculated leverage?

There's nothing more dangerous than someone trying to act for the greater good.

To warn you," I said. "Maestro intends to destroy the cartel and your family, Emmanuella. M intends to kill you all, rub out your bloodlines completely." "Not

We have a plan.

Having a sense of purpose in life is the best way to avoid dispair.