People can have nothing but good intentions and still…

“When it comes to smarts, adolescents like Jesse have plenty. What they lack, however, are some of the brain-based skills that we all need…

— Richard Guare

After she got hurt by someone that she cared about, she's so scared to get attached again. Do you know what kind of effect…

— CallHerShorty

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.

— Robert Southey

No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established…

— Michael Josephson

“The idea is that your clients are looking for good suggestions, and they don’t mind sifting through some not-so-good ones as long as they’re…

— Patrick Lencioni

I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy.

— Gen Urobuchi

“There is an important difference between openness and naïveté. Not everyone has good intentions nor means me well. I remind myself I do not…

— Audre Lorde

“I reach out in love, my hands are guns, my good intentions are completely lethal.”

— Margaret Atwood

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how…

— Ken Blanchard

“It wasn't good, he wasn't good, he did not have good intentions. I stood there, and he stood there. He breathed out the bitter…

— Miranda July

“Map-making had never been a precise art on the Discworld. People tended to start off with good intentions and then get so carried away…

— Terry Pratchett

Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other,…

— Samuel Gridley Howe

“Envy shrugged. 'Can no value be found in good intentions?' 'What, precisely, are you trying to justify? And to me, or yourself?' She glared,…

— Steven Erikson

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

— John F. Kennedy