Intentions Quotes
701 quotes by 566 authors
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Mothers and fathers do really crazy things with the best of intentions.
— Rosalind Wiseman
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And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage…
— Dorothy Dunnett
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If there are a bunch of fruit trees, one can say that whoever created these fruit trees wanted some apples. In other words, by looking…
— Arno Allan Penzias
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A parent's best intentions are no substitute for attention.
— Wes Fesler
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Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom…
— Immanuel Kant
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Our intentions create our reality.
— Wayne Dyer
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A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree as we do namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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But you don't do it. Because guys like us, Red, we know there's a third choice. An alternative to staying simon-pure or bathing in the…
— Stephen King
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It strikes me there's a bunch of people in power who have really strong intentions of running the world and adjusting the world to exactly…
— Colin Hay
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It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their…
— A. N. Wilson
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We should leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth, and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves. The…
— Ai Weiwei
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I might have speculated on my chances of going to Heaven; but candidly I did not care. I could not have wept if I had…
— Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can…
— Michelle Sagara
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Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.
— Charles R. Swindoll
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The more clarity you achieve, the more you will find that the universe is on your side, supporting your thoughts and intentions. Therefore, focus on…
— Deepak Chopra
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Clear intentions and clear purpose begets clear results.
— Pharrell Williams
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So many people have bad intentions, so many girls want to hang out [with me] to be someone. I weed those people out of my…
— Paris Hilton
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The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is…
— Shams Tabrizi
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All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else’s poor decision making.
— Joshua Ferris
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It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and…
— M. William Phelps
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