Quotes About Intentions

In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.

Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.

Life is haphazard. We plan, and then we deal when the plans go awry. Control is an illusion; best intentions are the best we can do.

Sadece bilgisizlik mi! Sadece bilgisizlikten, ha! Nas?l sadece bilgisizlikten diyebilirsin? Kötü kalplilikten sonra dünyadaki en kötü ÅŸey bilgisizlik, haberin yok mu? En çok hangisinin zararl? olduÄŸunu ancak Tanr? bilir. Ä°nsanlar ' Ah! bilmiyordum, kötü bir niyetim yoktu' deyince her ÅŸeyin yoluna giriverdiÄŸini san?yorlar.

It is a troublesome thing, Halford, this susceptibility to affronts where none are intended.

However little you may esteem them as individuals, it is not pleasant to be looked upon as a liar and a hypocrite. To be thought to practice what you abhor. And to encourage the vices you would discountenance. To find your good intentions frustrated and your hands crippled by your supposed unworthiness, and to bring disgrace on the principles you profess.

Everyone always acts in accordance with their internal narratives. You can't get someone to do something that they don't want to do, and most of the time, what people want to do is take action (or not take action) that reinforces their internal narratives.

Words are easy to say, but emotions betray the best intentions.

Sunny, tell me truthfully, what are your intentions toward Talon? (Selena) What are you? His mom? I promise I'll respect him in the morning. (Sunshine)

People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it.

Las intenciones no importan. Es por el resultado final por el que somos juzgados. El mal en nombre del bien sigue siendo el mal. Y cuando bailas con el diablo rara vez puedes escoger la melodía.

Don't hurt him. (Geary) Do you think I came all the way over here to hurt him? If I'd wanted him hurt, I'd have left him to Tweedle Dumb and Dumber. (ZT)

In life, we have either reasons or results

But I had no plans to end my own life, and accidents couldn't be predicted. Neither could murder, unless my aunt and uncle were planning to take me out themselves.

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).

The streets of hell are paved with good intentions.

Things you plan in life usually turn out to be meaningless, things you accumulate without knowing it become your real treasure.

Thinking evil is making evil.

men's actions are the best guides to their thoughts

We're not sure what his intentions are. He's not himself these days. His head has been turned by many new worshippers. Of the wrong kind.' Jacob thought about that for a bit. The wrong worshippers for Odin. 'You mean white supremacists with valknuts tattooed on their man boobs?' 'I do,' she said. 'Your wits seem intact in some matters.

I sponged off knickknacks, including the owls that my mother collected, still a manageable quantity. Soon enough they would become an infestation caused by the good intentions and generosity of the many people who adored her.

It was not the last time a well-meaning American Progressive would express the view that if only we made our good intentions plain, the opposition of our foes would melt away.

For Aquinas as for Aristotle, human freedom boils down to the power to make choices. In the end, the morality of our actions must always be judged by the active will and the intentions behind them. It also implies the freedom to choose good over evil and the mental capacity to know the one from the other (which is why dogs and infants can't commit mortal sins).

Is it not that a disappointed God is the One whom Christians believe in? From what is heard from the average evangelist today, is not any serious hearer obliged to conclude that he professes to represent a God who is filled with benevolent intentions, yet unable to carry them out; that He is earnestly desirous of blessing men, but that they will not let Him?