Intentions Quotes

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It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. — Charles de Lint
The results of the Great Society experiments started coming in and began showing that, for all its good intentions, the War on Poverty was causing… — Charles Krauthammer
As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur. — Carlton Cuse
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. — Milton Friedman
If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and… — Noel Gallagher
I have a low tolerance for people who complain about things but never do anything to change them. This led me to conclude that the… — Cindy Gallop
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts. — Mahatma Gandhi
My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions. — Jim Goad
One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. — John Dewey
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. — Peter Drucker
Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can… — Fred Durst
It definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original 'T.R.O.Y.' came out in 1992, and it was… — Lupe Fiasco
Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are… — Ben Harper
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. — Aldous Huxley
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done,… — Thomas Jefferson
Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but… — E. Stanley Jones
Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an… — E. Stanley Jones
It can bum you out when your intentions aren't, like, translated properly. — Kesha
There's a deep-freeze of sorts for all good intentions - a place that you store your plans to make changes in your life when you… — Jeffrey Kluger

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