Quotes About Intentions

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

Fear of the right type can be beneficial to the people of God (see Prov. 1:7), but the fear of man's hostile intentions seldom fits that category.

Men have a singular desire to be good without being good for anything, because, perchance, they think vaguely that so it will be good for them in the end.

So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love.

Other things being equal, ill will is worse than moral indifference (as in causing suffering for money vs causing suffering to cause suffering), though things are rarely equal.

We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?

When you get up in the morning, set your motivations.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

Mothers and fathers do really crazy things with the best of intentions.

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.

There is a fatality about unkept good resolutions. They are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

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

Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with nature itself. For this is the true road to freedom.

If you look at their intentions, examine their motives, and scrutinize what brings them contentment – how can people hide who they are? How can they hide who they really are?

Bad people take minimal time to coincide their objectives, but good people take for ever to put faith in each others intents.

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.

Of course, everybody says they're for peace. Hitler was for peace. Everybody is for peace. The question is: What kind of peace?

There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.

We become what we deeply desire and think about most of the time