Intentions Quotes

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Innumerable times a whole Christian community has broken down because it had sprung from a wish dreamâ€¦ Every human wish dream that is injected into… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A person does not...stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions with regard to ourself exposed on… — Marcel Proust
I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power. — Harmon Killebrew
The photographer's intentions do not determine the meaning of a photograph, which will have its own career, blown by the whims and loyalties of the… — Susan Sontag
It becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intentions, his own accent, when he appropriates the word, adapting it to… — Mikhail Bakhtin
The word in language is half someone elseâ€™sâ€¦ it exists in other peopleâ€™s mouths, in other peopleâ€™s contexts, serving other peopleâ€™s intentions: it is from… — Mikhail Bakhtin
Love is not about grand intentions. It is about small attentions. — Robert Breault
It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention… — Ludwig von Mises
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel… — Stephen Covey
Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude, — Jean Chretien
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. — Jimmy Breslin
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. — Ted Koppel
When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
As NVC replaces our old patterns of defending, withdrawing or attacking in the face of judgment and criticism. We come to perceive ourselves and others,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions. — Albert Einstein
But last year there were 540,000 people, roughly, detained coming across the border illegally. Forty-five thousand of them came from countries other than Mexico, demonstrating… — John Cornyn
Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only… — J C Ryle
Live through deeds of love, and let others live with tolerance for their unique intentions. — Rudolf Steiner
We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing… — Kevin DeYoung
If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of… — John Conyers

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