23 Best Inspirational Quotes About Intention

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Inspirational Quotes About Intention

1. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” ― Lao Tzu

2. “The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.” ― Sigmund Freud

3. “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.” ― Seneca

4. “Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence.” ― Barbara Marciniak

5. “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.” ― Aristotle

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6. “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” ― Stephen R. Covey

7. “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ― Buddha

8. “Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” ― T.S. Eliot

9. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” ― Kahlil Gibran

10. “The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” ― Albert Camus

11. “We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.” ― George Orwell

12. “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman

13. “If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal – you have a wish.” ― Steve Maraboli

14. “We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior.” ― Stephen M.R. Covey

15. “Intentions always look better on paper than in reality.” ― Angie Thomas

16. “The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy so that he cannot fathom our real intent.” ― Sun Tzu

17. “Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.” ― Isabel Allende

18. “The point of this language of “intention” and “personal responsibility” is broad exoneration. Mistakes were made. Bodies were broken. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried our best. “Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.” ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

19. “The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.” ― Robin Sharma

20. “You don’t make art out of good intentions.” ― Gustave Flaubert

21. “Intentions don’t matter. It’s the end result we’re all judged by. Evil in the name of good is still evil. And when you dance with the devil, you seldom get to pick the tune.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon

22. “If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.” ― Kate DiCamillo

23. “You’re one-third bad intentions, one-third pure avarice, and one-eighth sawdust. What’s left, I’ll credit, must be brains.” ― Scott Lynch