217 Quotes About Intentions

...[I]f I know that it is only by this process that the intended operation can be performed, then to say that if I fully will the operation, I also will the action required for it, is an analytical proposition...

But people may do great good accidentally, though with evil intentions - conversely people may do great evil though having the best of intentions.

I'm not sure intentions make much difference in the end. I hear the road to hell is paved with them. She meant it frivolously, but Olivia answered seriously, "Yes, but one does have to live with one's self." "Not necessarily...There are any number of ways to avoid living with one's self. Gin, for example." "Yes, but you're still there at the base of it aren't you. Only with a terrible head in the morning.

Prayer without faith is not answered.

Prayers from fear, doubt, or worry in your mind don't come true.

there was a little too much of the best intentions going on

...it struck at the root of intentions, not at the flower. And both root and the flower were important to him, one having to do with what one meant to do... and the other, most fearsome, with the outcome of it.

Even if you communicate sincerely and your intentions are upright, if people don’t have trust, they speculate your every move...

James had no intentions; he could not afford to have any; he could not afford to rope another person to his saddle. All he could do was keep his head down and get his work done.