Intentions Quotes
701 quotes by 550 authors
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Do any of us know how we’re actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off?
— Cheryl Heller
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To resolve this issue will require Iran to come to the table and discuss in a clear and forthright way how to prove to the…
— Barack Obama
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Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a…
— Ronald Reagan
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There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I…
— Kiefer Sutherland
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As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to…
— Jacqueline Novogratz
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No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny…
— Tammy Bruce
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Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. That [affirmative action] programs may have been…
— Clarence Thomas
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An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting…
— Vincent de Paul
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Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical.
— Oscar Wilde
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Love is not a doing but a state of being - a relatedness, a connectedness to another mortal, an identification with her or him that…
— Robert A. Johnson
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I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.
— Esai Morales
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The attitude I take is that everyday life is more interesting than forms of celebration, when we become aware of it. That when is when…
— John Cage
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Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet.
— Sonya Levien
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The Nile Project is the performing side of an effort that also includes education in music and environmental issues, raising awareness of the entire Nile…
— Jon Pareles
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Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother…
— John Ashcroft
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Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.
— Shirley Temple
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Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.
— Hiroshi Sugimoto
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A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
— Tim Ferriss
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Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and…
— Monte Irvin
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Clarity is the perception of wisdom and the ability to see the soul in action in the physical world. It turns pain into suffering and…
— Gary Zukav
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