Quotes About Intent

Focus on your purpose, and your stress will melt away.

Knowing the why is vastly more important than knowing the how.

Life loses its meaning when you forget your purpose.

Do your actions define who you are, or does your purpose define why you are?

If your intentions are good, nothing bad can happen.

Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.

Meaning can be found in action.

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.

I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that refusing to deal in politics is in itself a political act.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different.

Make positive effort for the good.

Intent matters. Integrity matters. Courage matters. If you have the three, nothing else matters

The goal is essential to getting what you would like." ##

The only difference between a prayer and a curse is the one who stands to profit.

The way a man's mind runs is the way he is sure to go.

Thought is energy. Active thought is active energy; concentrated thought is a concentrated energy. Thought concentrated on a definite purpose becomes power.

The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself.

Truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent.