Action Quote by Peter Abelard

In fact we say that an intention is good, that is, right in itself, but that an action does not bear any good in…

— Peter Abelard

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

— John Steinbeck

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

— Stephen Mitchell

A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.

— Thomas A. Edison

Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

— Andy Andrews

Intention is the measure for rendering actions true, so that, where intention is sound, action is sound, and where it is corrupt, then action…

— Al-Nawawi

“an action is good when it promotes interests, material or spiritual, as intended by the actor in his motive; and it is bad when…

— Kaiten Nukariya

An intention is a quality of consciousness that you bring to an action.

— Gary Zukav

Good intentions don't really matter if they don't lead to good actions. Sometimes those with good intentions do us more harm than good.

— Ash Sweeney

Good intention is better than any invention or innovation, but the best creation of anything in life happens only when they are all together…

— Anuj Somany

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

— Immanuel Kant

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

— Jordan Belfort