Quotes About Intent

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly

Each thing is created for a purpose. The moment the purpose is achieved, it will perish. This

It seems to me that if God felt it best to delay marriage into the latter part of your twenties, He would also see fit to delay the hormonal urge to want to have sex. Or perhaps it was never His intent to delay marriage in an effort to "become more independent," "enjoy singlehood," and "build our careers.

Looks can't hide your true identity. It's the eyes that give you away…the soul behind them. The intent. The Shadows.

Design is basic to all human activities - the placing and patterning of any act towards a desired goal constitutes a design process.

All human activity is prompted by desire.

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do.

Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline.

Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.

Anthropomorphism is unavoidable, I am finding, in writing about gardening: weeds don't just grow, they grow with intent, they grow aggressively. Well, they do, as any gardener knows. They sneak in and swarm up when your back is turned.

A popular slogan claims that "guns don't kill people, people kill people." The intent is no doubt to suggest that if "people" were deprived of guns, they would find some other means of killing each other—that what matters is the intent, not the type of weapon. What is missing from this argument is that without a gun, the capacity to kill may be greatly diminished. One wag suggested, "Guns don't kill people, they just make it real easy.

Send that, he told her. Sign it, et cetera. Work the sentences, if you wish, so that they will mean something. As she started from the office he added, Or so that they mean nothing. Whichever you prefer.

If you intend to kill yourself you don't require a reason, in the usual sense of the term; just as, to contrary, when you intend to stay alive, no verbal, articulated, formal reason is necessary, one you can seize on if the issue comes up.

truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. • WILLIAM BLAKE •

Everything you say says either more than you wanted it to say or less than you wanted it to say; and everything you do does either more than you wanted it to do or less than you wanted it to do. What you said and did made a difference, all right, but not the difference you intended.

Of course, speed is most useful if it is in the correct direction;

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

I asked you what you wanted and you said you didn't want anything. And I told you I wasn't planning on giving you anything; I was planning on giving you something.

When distractions are manifold, it's best to remember what you are supposed to be doing.

Alban looked thoughtful for a moment, her blue eyes intent on something only she could see, then returned her attention to the admiral.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

Let me tell you, there's very few places where I don't have an agenda.