Quotes About Intent

But people often wanted payment for what they only wished they'd done.

A przecie? prawdziwe czarowanie nie jest zgo?a dramatyczne, to po prostu skupienie my?li na upragnionym celu.

I wonder if you've got a minute. I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.

Concentration is a powerful force, it is the mark of seriousness that attracts certain energies to complete your half-done work.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

The sun rose today with a very special charm, the clouds cleared today with a very special intent and the trees are all swaying in unison - just to wish you a very Happy Birthday.

My say nothing but do something way of doing things appears to be being misunderstood.

Focus your efforts and energy towards what you need instead of what you desire.

Your efforts and energy are useless unless you channel it towards a particular act or direction.

I admit to not being an aficionado of children, having been one and having found my cohort and myself generally despicable. Unlike many, I was not intent on reproducing myself, deliberately or accidentally, since one of myself was more than enough for me to handle.

Sadistic military barbers intent on revealing the contours of their skulls for some nefarious phrenological purpose.

This, Arthur realized, was the difference between them. Arthur thought of what he had done, what he was doing, or what he should have done, but Louis thought only of what he would do.

This, Arthur realized, was the difference between them. Arthur thought of what he had done, what he was doing, or what he should have done, but Louis thought only of what he would do. For

Some people go about doing good other people just go about.

Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.

Letting it happen is not making it happen. It is not trying hard.

Determine on some course more than a wild exposure to each chance.

You never can tell when you send a word, Like an arrow shot from a bow By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind, Just where it may chance to go!

Oh, many a shaft at random sentFinds mark the archer little meant!And many a word at random spokenMay soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken!

It is not the gift, but the thought that counts.

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

It's not about the language, it's about the message

If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.

Positive criticism is feedback given with the purpose of helping another person to grow and to develop. Negative criticism is intended to hurt and often to defame and to destroy.