Quotes about Good Intentions

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Votes: 4

Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet. Votes: 4

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Votes: 4

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. Votes: 4

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too. Votes: 4

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. Votes: 4

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. Votes: 4

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. Votes: 4

I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind. Votes: 4

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. Votes: 4

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell. Votes: 4

I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect. Votes: 4

One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s. Votes: 4

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Votes: 3

Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut. Votes: 3

Hell is full of good intentions. Votes: 2

A good intention clothes itself with power. Votes: 2

I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic. Votes: 2

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. Votes: 2

Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future. Votes: 2

My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions. Votes: 2

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions. Votes: 2

Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well. Votes: 2

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions. Votes: 2

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions Votes: 2

I think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing. Votes: 2

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. Votes: 2

Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously. Votes: 2

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation. Votes: 2

It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow. Votes: 2

Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution. The last time the government tried to make taxes easier, it created a 1040 EZ form with a 52-page help booklet. Votes: 2

Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it. Votes: 2

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions. Votes: 2

Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates. Votes: 2

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome. Votes: 2

I have a low tolerance for people who complain about things but never do anything to change them. This led me to conclude that the single largest pool of untapped natural resources in this world is human good intentions that are never translated into actions. Votes: 2

We engineered activity out of our lives in the name of convenience. We created foods that put fried, fatty, sweet, and salty ahead of fresh, natural, and healthy. We quickly sacrifice sleep to work longer hours in pursuit of the American Dream. Even when we do these things with good intentions, they have life-threatening consequences. Votes: 2

Bad decisions, good intentions. Votes: 0

Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical. Votes: 0

My good intentions are completely lethal. Votes: 0

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast. Votes: 0

Good intentions are no substitute for obedience. Votes: 0

People with good intentions never give up! Votes: 0

You don't make art out of good intentions. Votes: 0

For liberals, supposedly good intentions always trump results. Votes: 0

With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved. Votes: 0

Hell is full of good intentions and wills. Votes: 0

History is a better guide than good intentions. Votes: 0

The streets of hell are paved with good intentions. Votes: 0

Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves. Votes: 0

Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. Votes: 0

... good intentions are not sufficient to solve our problems. Votes: 0

All bad art is the result of good intentions. Votes: 0

Good intentions are not enough; commitment and sacrifice are necessary. Votes: 0

There's nothing that does so much harm as good intentions. Votes: 0

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences Votes: 0

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions. Votes: 0

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions. Votes: 0

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude, Votes: 0

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are. Votes: 0

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action! Votes: 0

Good intentions might sound nice, but it's positive actions that matter. Votes: 0

Stay aligned with your intentions and your good will find you. Votes: 0

He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance. Votes: 0

Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately! Votes: 0

Don't ever trust men with good intentions. They'll always disappoint you."Leo Votes: 0

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. Votes: 0

All our good works and good intentions can't solve our sin problem. Votes: 0

Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds. Votes: 0

Sometimes you just have to let people escape with their good intentions intact. Votes: 0

Artists, no matter how good their intentions, are always slower than they think. Votes: 0

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions. Votes: 0

We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word. Votes: 0

Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness. Votes: 0

Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions. Votes: 0

Integrity is when your good intentions meet your actions - on a consistent basis. Votes: 0

His heart overflowed with good intentions but his fists felt best covered in blood. Votes: 0

Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good. Votes: 0

Liberals get credit for good intentions, and that's about it, because everything they do fails. Votes: 0

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success. Votes: 0

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions. Votes: 0

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength. Votes: 0

(P)eople's good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins. Votes: 0

Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective. Votes: 0

People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will. Votes: 0

Old habits eat good intentions for lunch. Change your habits so you can change your outcomes. Votes: 0

The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results. Votes: 0

I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood. Votes: 0

Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions. Votes: 0

...intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over... Votes: 0

My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions. Votes: 0

Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive. Votes: 0

A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs Votes: 0

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. Votes: 0

Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good. Votes: 0

Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep. Votes: 0

The single largest pool of untapped resource in this world is human good intentions that never translate into action Votes: 0

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism. Votes: 0

Sex is the point of contact between man and nature, where morality and good intentions fall to primitive urges. Votes: 0

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth. Votes: 0

Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy. Votes: 0

If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions. Votes: 0

As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur. Votes: 0

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were. Votes: 0

half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow. Votes: 0

People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it. Votes: 0

We have a choice every day "” to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets. Votes: 0

It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy. Votes: 0

To know the good from the bad, measure the heart. Actions reveal the true coloring of one's heart, not their intentions. Votes: 0

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives. Votes: 0

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives. Votes: 0

In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders. Votes: 0

We can't be responsible for other people's reactions to us, Lakshmi," she said. "We can only make sure our intentions are good. Votes: 0

All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else's poor decision making. Votes: 0

When Nixon declared the war on cancer, he had no army. He had no tools. He had no anything, except good intentions. Votes: 0

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil. Votes: 0

Money is not good or evil. It has no morals or intentions on its own. Money reflects the character of the user. Votes: 0

I don't give a damn if I go to hell. I love you Satan. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Votes: 0

Do any of us know how we’re actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off? Votes: 0

When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention. Votes: 0

I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told. Votes: 0

Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions. Votes: 0

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft. Votes: 0

The tendency of the UN and its major supporters is to think good intentions and mild to rampant corruption are as good as actual results. Votes: 0

There seems to me nothing very bad about a nation's capital having good intentions - and when the intentions are magnificent, so much the better. Votes: 0

Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone. Votes: 0

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth. Votes: 0

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond. Votes: 0

Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the details and hell abides in the small print. Votes: 0

I think sometimes, despite our good intentions and wise choices, something's are up to fate and we learn to play our part the best we can. Votes: 0

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced. Votes: 0

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 aim. Votes: 0

Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through mesh. Votes: 0

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all. Votes: 0

My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous. Votes: 0

Good intentions do not guarantee good results. Somehow Andrew Keates turns works of merit into evenings of entertainment. Don't call him a dramaturge, call him an alchemist. Votes: 0

A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the tawdriest pubs Votes: 0

A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the tawdriest pubs. Votes: 0

Everyone is good at heart. We all do things with the greatest of intentions and most of the time we do it for selfish reasons. Myself included. Votes: 0

Good intentions but bad results; bad results but lessons learned. There is a dark corner on every task beautiful and a beautiful corner on every task dark. Votes: 0

Yes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but everyone forgets the second half of that quote: the road to heaven is paved with good actions. Votes: 0

I might be one of the most flamboyant characters New Zealand has ever seen, but my intentions are good, and I would like to see New Zealand flourish. Votes: 0

Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do. Votes: 0

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions. Votes: 0

With the best of intentions you toss me a lifeline. Failing to see how a piece of rope will do me any good, I ignore it and drown. Votes: 0

As much as it's awful to learn about all the greedy and selfish decisions that some people make, I know there are many more people who have good intentions. Votes: 0

I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often the way becomes the goal. Votes: 0

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 he has done good. Votes: 0

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 and the after-bane of death. Votes: 0

The road to hell is paved in good intentions and apathy,What did you expect when common sense is your enemy?I'd rather burn alive than drown inside your reality Votes: 0

The healthy should be reminded that we are all dying because it is through our own reminder of mortality that we accelerate our good intentions, into actions people can see. Votes: 0

It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results. Votes: 0

What man ain't the honestest cove in his own eyes?" Grote's round face is a bronze moon in the dark. "'Tain't good intentions what paves the road to hell: it's self-justifyin's. Votes: 0

I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs; you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on. Votes: 0

If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world. Votes: 0

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions. Votes: 0

Good intentions, regular worship, Bible study, do not prevent blindness. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want to see and to ignore what we want to ignore. Votes: 0

Making matters worse is people's natural inclination to be easy on themselves, judging themselves according to their good intentions-while holding others to a higher standard and judging them by their worst actions. Votes: 0

When things go wrong or dont turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions. Votes: 0

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. Votes: 0

There's a deep-freeze of sorts for all good intentions - a place that you store your plans to make changes in your life when you know you're not going to make them at all. Votes: 0

For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man. Votes: 0

As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it. Votes: 0

Lying very still and thinking very little is the most inexpensive medicine for all the sicknesses of the soul, and when administered with good intentions it grows more and more pleasant with each passing hour. Votes: 0

Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to fit in so that they don't stick out. This unwittingly stomps out individuality and encourages conformity, despite these parents' good intentions Votes: 0

One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding. Votes: 0

Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out." This unwittingly stomps out individuality and encourages conformity, despite these parents' good intentions Votes: 0

Good intentions can be evil, both hands are full of grease. You know, sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. Votes: -1