Intent Quotes · Page 4

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.

— Stephen Covey

“Freedom is more than just a patriotic concept; it is the purest intent of our design. Be you. Be free. Be nice.”

— Steve Maraboli

“If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal -…

— Steve Maraboli

You might not get it right all the time, but you have to be genuine in your intent.

— Judith McKenna

“Intent matters. If you believe you're charmed, capable, likable, popular, then you are.”

— Brenna Yovanoff

It is possible to exert a power over all things, all beings. But we must begin with intent always.

— Frederick Lenz

What our Lord did was done with the intent, and this alone, that he might be with us and we with him.

— Meister Eckhart

“It is intent which establishes one's consequential outcomes.”

— T.F. Hodge

The privileged Victorians who did most to improve the lives of the poor were not ashamed of their pious intent: they were…

— Michel Faber

“Consider intentions carefully. Karma gives a damn about ego, awards allegiance to none, and its justice is truly blind.”

— T.F. Hodge

The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.

— Patrick Soon-Shiong

The best way to succeed is to have a specific Intent, a clear Vision, a plan of Action, and the ability to…

— Steve Maraboli

“If the inner [intent] is not spoilt, it means “Our Own Self” did not spoilt. That which has become spoilt on the…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Intent without dedicated action is simply not enough. Action without a clear intent is a waste. It is when these two powerful…

— Steve Maraboli

“The cannon of the spirits says that intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carryout the intent does not absolve the guilt. ~…

— Terry Goodkind

The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit…

— Eric Whitacre

Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born…

— Vladimir Bukovsky

“If the outside [our outside circumstances] has become spoilt so be it, don’t let the inside [our inner intent] spoil. If you…

— Dada Bhagwan

If a person says or does something that we consider offensive, our first obligation is to refuse to take offense and then…

— David A. Bednar

Quite often, intent on conveying how things can go wrong for a culture (science fiction) or an individual (horror) or all of…

— Paul Di Filippo

“To constantly remain in the intent [by conviction] of the 'real viewpoint' and the 'relative viewpoint' is absolute Knowledge (keval Gnan). The…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Killing another with slow, deliberate intent is a warping of the gifts that magic offers. It warps the mage in a manner…

— Anonymous

Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films and was the family comedy king through the '80s and '90s -…

— Michael Koryta

Today no matter where I'm going, no matter what I'm doing, no matter who I'm doing it with, it is my dominant…

— Esther Hicks

“The universe doesn't give you what you want in your mind; it gives you what you demand with your actions.”

— Steve Maraboli

I became intent on saving him through showing him that he was loved.

— Joyce Johnson

To be true to a play, you can't add something that takes away from the author's intent.

— Jason Robards

Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

— Carlos Castaneda

Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness.

— Steve Maraboli

“If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction.”

— David Marquet

I've not got a bad word to say about City. If they want you and sign you, then they have got intent…

— Jack Rodwell

Here's the problem: People have completely and utterly forgotten one thing when it comes to communication - intent.

— Carlos Mencia

“14) Use the mind-intent, do not use muscular force. 十 四) 用 意 不 用 力; Shi si) Yong yi bu yong li. 15)”

— Stuart Alve Olson

“Sometimes, the intent is good enough when the action seems impossible.”

— Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone.

— Diana Gabaldon

Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can't just want it; you have to do it, live it...BE it!

— Steve Maraboli

The extent of the atonement is defined by the intent of the atonement.

— Steve Lawson

“They don’t see what they’re doing. The only thing they see are their intentions.”

— Amy Neftzger

“If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly.”

— Steve Maraboli

I have no intent. I have no reason to live, that's all. When I'm gone, I don't want to be remembered.

— Julie Anne Peters