Intention Quotes
1516 quotes by 1109 authors
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The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and…
— Charles Dickens
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We could make a difference just by holding our emissions steady as our businesses continue to grow. But that doesn't seem to be enough: we…
— Rupert Murdoch
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The last few months have seen a welcome race to the top. Consumers have sent companies a clear signal that they do not want their…
— Paul Polman
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It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret…
— Sakyong Mipham
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Love should not be a guessing game. In fact, it shouldn't be a game at all. One should lay all the cards on the table,…
— Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely…
— Karl Popper
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It would be more in keeping with the intention of the noblest man in this world if our two Christian churches, instead of annoying Negroes…
— Adolf Hitler
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Opening to the power of intention, you begin knowing that conception, birth and death are all natural aspects of the energy field of creation.
— Wayne Dyer
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Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice…
— John Ruskin
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The morality of an action depends on the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar with intention to…
— Samuel Johnson
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Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work…
— Ronald Reagan
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Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports…
— Calvin Coolidge
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Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.
— Melissa Manchester
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[T]he true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely gathered from the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,…
— James Madison
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Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.…
— Melissa Manchester
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The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside;…
— John Updike
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Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright…
— Grenville Kleiser
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As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in…
— Dean Koontz
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