Intention Quotes
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A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.
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My weakness has always been to prefer the large intention of an unskilful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other words, I am more interested in the high ideas of a feeble executant than in the high execution of a feeble thinker.
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Our intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise.
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We had no intention of bringing Dusty back when he was let go a year ago. I figured he'd enter the NFL draft, and that would be it.
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Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention
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Intention is one of the most powerful forces there is. What you mean when you do a thing will always determine the outcome. The law creates the world.
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We must look for leaders who have exhibited a lifetime of service to their communities and have proven that their intention is to help people.
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When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.
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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
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So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out.
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Any film I make, my intention is always to make people like it.
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When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention.
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Shortly after news of Zarqawi's death reached the media, al-Qaeda stated its intention to continue its oppression of the Iraqi people.
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There are a whole bunch of people - Republicans or sports fans or reality TV fans - who probably would never have recognized that they have trans people in their world. Caitlyn Jenner really is thinking about the movement and saving lives, so I know that her intentions are honorable.
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In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
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If you charge off with some political agenda that is not informed by clarity, you are going to end up with business as usual. The road to hell is paved with good intentions but it is not paved with clarity.
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"Madam," replied Mr. Micawber, "it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future.
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I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.
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People get confused when they see my shows, but that isn't the intention. My intention is to destabilize the act of seeing.
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If you convey God's words to someone only with the intention to utilize him in some way, you will never be able to establish the standard of the "Way." Give what you have to others with your sincere heart.
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Yoga has taught me that a fundamental principle of life is that energy follows intention. When we create a strong intention and really believe in it, the world magically seeks to support us.
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I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.
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I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope.
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I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.
