Intention Quotes

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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality. — Deepak Chopra
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to… — Eric Clapton
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful… — Thomas Aquinas
The intention makes the crime. — Aristotle
Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds. — Grenville Kleiser
A good intention clothes itself with power. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We will be misguided in our intentions if we point at one single thing and say that it will prevent war, unless, of course, that… — Leslie Groves
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Having been born into the house of a warrior, one's intentions should be to grasp the long and the short swords and to die. — Kato Kiyomasa
The third petition of the Lord's Prayer is repeated daily by millions who have not the slightest intention of letting anyone's will be done but… — Aldous Huxley
When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when you slip up… — Aldous Huxley
Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi. — Jerry Izenberg
Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive intention, that characterizes modern writing… — Lionel Trilling
We have no intention of shipping another bloated OS and shoving it down the throats of our users. — Paul Maritz
If we say, as we do, that no one in this country intends for racism to lead to genocide, the effects of racism are genocidal,… — John Howard Griffin
If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power. Instead focus on your purpose, on your most authentic and fundamental intentions. — Ralph Marston
Education is the best means-probably the only means-by which nations can cultivate a degree of objectivity about each other's behavior and intentions. It is the… — J. William Fulbright

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