The smallest of action is better than the greatest of intentions.

My intention to vote for Judge Roberts tomorrow should in no way be construed as a weather vane for how I might vote on the next nominee, … In the past I have not hesitated...

The way I see it, our natural human instinct is to fight or flee that which we perceive to be dangerous. Although this mechanism evolved to protect us, it serves as the single greatest limiting...

It is our intention to request live witnesses. We think that’s the highest and best evidence, and that will be our firm request.

Miki-san… do you truly want that person’s dream to come true? Or is it that you want to be that person’s savior for making that dream come true? If you’re going to fulfill someone else’s...

It is, of course, not only impossible for readers to know the intention of most, if not all, writers, but an author himself may think he is writing one thing while he is in fact...

Your dream is only possible through a clear intention and patience.

Although to our automatic brain, change always means potential danger. In order to calm that brain, it means embracing change so to turn on the light in our mind and open the door to our...

To change any behavior we have to slow down and act intentionally rather than from habit and impulse.

The intention (of an artist) is (the same as a scientist)…to discover and reveal what is unsuspected but significant in life.

What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.

Time is an illusion, only the keepers of the illusion are real, and the reality they have spun, keeps us, until we set upon the path of the dream.

The idea was that we should take every animal in and give it our all with the intention of releasing it. But that was probably flawed.

Toa msaada katika jamii iliyosaidia kukulea ulipokuwa mdogo.

no intention of interfering in inter-confessional relations.

We either live with intention or exist by default.

It’s been my intention to be ordained,

The tiniest of actions is always better than the boldest of intentions,

Some say if you want success surround yourself with successful people. I say if you want true and lasting success surround yourself with people of integrity.

…the basic stuff of the universe, at its core, is looking like a kind of pure energy that is malleable to human intention and expectation in a way that defies our old mechanistic model of...

People as a rule do mean much more than they understand.

If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism — at least in the sense of this work — is the secret of religion itself; that religion itself, not indeed...

Is the intention pure, selfless, and born out of love? Is it based on truth? Does it result in peace? If so, it is a right action.

If you are pure in intention and in alignment with beauty and love, in body and mind, the highest levels of your spiritual self will subsume your weaknesses.

Although we are urged to walk in another man’s shoes, I think, first, we have to walk in another pair of our own shoes. Doing that will free up a lot, including our ability to...

Past, I am letting you go; future, I will see you tomorrow; present, I love you, live in you, use you and never let you go.

These aren’t my songs. My intention wasn’t to make them Martina McBride songs.

Negotiations is not our intention, negotiation is a method,

More and more obstacles seem to be other people’s issues that form in the way of a hand to block one, to take notice of them? Sometimes noticing ahead of time, and taking the time...

How do I want to be about this? What would love do?” Then do that. With good intention and inspired action, good results follow. It’s karma.

Heri kuishi kama maskini mwenye pesa nyingi kuliko tajiri mwenye mifuko iliyotoboka, kuliko kusema mbele za watu kwamba pesa haijakupa furaha. Wengi hupata jeuri ya kusema hivyo kutokana na umaskini wa watu wanaowazunguka.

Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

The system you work in does not tell you who you get to be; you decide who you get to be.

Still, wouldn’t you, even if entirely secure in your own sense of direction, be at least curious where others were heading, even as you struck out on your own ?

Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention.

The only certainty in life is that it is uncertain.

Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been...

The road to Hell is paved with the best of conscious intentions.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all...

I don’t think I’m as bad as I’m made out to be. I did things in Philadelphia, but I don’t have any intention of doing those things in St. Louis.

Face the truth about what is standing in the way of your intention.

Being the best is rarely within our reach. Doing our best is always within our reach.

Intentions alone amount to nought. It’s in action, not inaction that we can become all we can be

We have no intention of leaving this building.

The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action.

Some people spend their whole lives seeking heaven, when all they needed to do was look about them, and embrace that which was already there.

We had no intention of it being a full-time band or of even touring. We just thought, let’s make a cool, interesting record,

Mtu anayesema pesa haijampa furaha hana nia ya kusaidia watu.

We accept the council’s recollection that they did not know. They had every right to know. We thought we did let them know and if they say we didn’t then we accept that. It was...

Shape your mindsets or your mindsets will shape you.