Intention Quotes

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There's nothing that does so much harm as good intentions. — Milton Friedman
Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about… — Leo Tolstoy
The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke… — Thomas a Kempis
I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance. — Pablo Picasso
Boxing is entertainment, so to be successful a fighter must not only win but he must win in an exciting manner. He must throw punches… — Cus D'Amato
If you can hit your opponent with two punches, you don't hit him with one. Get off with some bad intentions in there. Believe in… — Cus D'Amato
My good intentions are completely lethal. — Margaret Atwood
A man who lives with intentions is bound to feel frustration. A man who lives with expectations is bound to feel frustrated because existence has… — Rajneesh
Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's… — Taisen Deshimaru
Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their… — Nathanael Emmons
Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with certain things on… — George F. Kennan
There is a wine called Easy Days and Mellow Nights, well-known on the outskirts of the Navajo reservation. It is an economical wine, fortified with… — Edward Abbey
I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means, and to put… — Thomas Jefferson
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you… — George Washington
It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak — Michael Bolton
Nobody has the intention of building a wall — Walter Ulbricht
To this day God is the name by which I designate all things which cross my willful path violently and recklessly, all things which upset… — Carl Jung
The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression. — Jacques Barzun
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. — Joan Didion
I couldnâ€™t get near what I wanted through seeing, recognizing and recreating, so I stood the problem on its head. I started studying squares, rectangles,… — Bridget Riley

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