Intention Quotes · Page 10

Good intentions are not enough; commitment and sacrifice are necessary.

— Laurence Boldt

[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress,…

— Thomas Jefferson

I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means,…

— Thomas Jefferson

All Freemasonry should be disbanded in America because our organization has been infiltrated by the Illuminati and they have bad intention for…

— George Washington

I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts…

— Saul Bellow

[Our self-image is] that gap between intention and effect

— Diane Arbus

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

— Lakshmi Mittal

“When we procrastinate, we also put a hold on happiness.”

— Charles F. Glassman

That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our…

— Garth Stein

If I did only what I wanted to do, I would not be obedient to the Creator. Sometimes He wants us to…

— John Wooden

This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is…

— Gary Zukav

My work became an exploration of non-intention.

— John Cage

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their…

— Charles Darwin

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention…

— Don DeLillo

All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of…

— Chuck Berry

Know that the difficulties which lead to confusion in the question what is the purpose of the Universe or of any of…

— Maimonides

One world on its own is a strange enough seethe of coiling, unknowable veins of intention and chance, but two? Where two…

— Laini Taylor

It's not a matter of whether or not someone's watching over you. It's just a question of their intentions.

— R. K. Milholland

I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us.

— Elizabeth Edwards

We have no intention of leaving the euro. In no way will we experiment with the future of our country.

— Nicos Anastasiades

A clever enemy would kiss my hand, then stab at my back while I was distracted. (Stryker) A coward’s action. Truly. Don’t…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

It might not always work, but I think it's just good to experiment and try and have that as your intention, you…

— Griff

It's just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people. Your subjects will trust you only if you're…

— Mary Ellen Mark

It is very difficult to be under the microscope every moment of every day. Everything that leaves your mouth becomes this sensationalized…

— Megan Fox

Every woman hates her own body. I don't know a woman who doesn't . . . well, I do know a few…

— Vera Wang