Intentions alone amount to nought. It's in action, not inaction that we can become all we can be Votes: 3
Constance Chuks FridayPlans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Votes: 2
Peter DruckerThe countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. Votes: 2
Marcus Tullius CiceroSo many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions. Votes: 2
Suze OrmanConcentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Votes: 2
Milton FriedmanOne lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. Votes: 2
John DeweyNo one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. Votes: 2
Margaret ThatcherThe smallest of action is better than the greatest of intentions. Votes: 0
Mohammed Imran Uddin UddinMake the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds. Votes: 0
Grenville KleiserI myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. Votes: 0
Augusten BurroughsCrying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately! Votes: 0
Brigham YoungThe intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. Votes: 0
Melissa Auf der MaurI can analyze people's intentions. Immediately.That's just a warning. To everyone. Votes: 0
Kanye WestWe need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions. Votes: 0
Jerome BrunerShow kindness and respect to everyone. Pure intentions make the biggest difference. Votes: 0
Stacy KeiblerDivided attention destroys best intentions. Singular focus is the friend to success. Votes: 0
Benjamin LotterEmotions reflect intentions. Therefore, awareness of emotions leads to awareness of intentions. Votes: 0
Gary ZukavLove renders all our plans and all our intentions a great big gamble. Votes: 0
Henry Theophilus FinckWhen your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you. Votes: 0
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarThe place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena. Votes: 0
Peter GarrettRemember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions. Votes: 0
Oprah WinfreySometimes you just have to let people escape with their good intentions intact. Votes: 0
Claudio SanchezGood intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerArtists, no matter how good their intentions, are always slower than they think. Votes: 0
Mark MillarIt is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinThere was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions. Votes: 0
Laura LippmanNever mind your intentions. Communication is about what others hear with your words. Votes: 0
Dianna BooherFrancesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi. Votes: 0
Jerry IzenbergThe principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions. Votes: 0
Albert CamusHell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawAll human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions. Votes: 0
Reinhold NiebuhrA man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. Votes: 0
George WashingtonHis heart overflowed with good intentions but his fists felt best covered in blood. Votes: 0
Debra AnastasiaThe Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions Votes: 0
Daniel WebsterWhat's the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing it? Votes: 0
Mario L CastellanosYou can't get what you want, if the intentions are solely directed for self-benefits. Votes: 0
Ashish PatelThe act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action. Votes: 0
Michael Thomas SunnarborgOptimism invites us to reach higher and become the fullest expression of our intentions Votes: 0
Deepak ChopraOver time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness. Votes: 0
Emily ThorneWithout action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions. Votes: 0
Jordan BelfortIt's always hard for an author to determine his own intentions, especially in retrospect. Votes: 0
Paul KingsnorthThe only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes. Votes: 0
Terry DearyYou have to make an enemy a friend to conquer his or her evil intentions. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaI once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions. Votes: 0
Morgan FreemanMake sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good. Votes: 0
Deepak ChopraI pursue no intentions, no directions; I have no program, no style and no mission. Votes: 0
Gerhard Richter(P)eople's good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins. Votes: 0
Gayle FormanHe uses common sense to judge not the intentions of an action but its consequences. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoHard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillAnybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions. Votes: 0
Jimi HendrixUntil you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil. Votes: 0
Brian TracyWe judge ourselves mostly by our intentions, but others judge us mostly by our actions. Votes: 0
Eric HarveyAlthough actions may speak louder than words, it is our intentions that reveal our soul. Votes: 0
Hal ElrodDesigning renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions. Votes: 0
William McDonoughMy intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyLive through deeds of love, and let others live with tolerance for their unique intentions. Votes: 0
Rudolf SteinerLiberals get credit for good intentions, and that's about it, because everything they do fails. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughLove, at most know, follows its own timeline. Disregarding our intentions or well rehearsed plans. Votes: 0
Leslye WaltonNeither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength. Votes: 0
John F. Kennedyif the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions. Votes: 0
Jacqueline WinspearI'm just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh lord please don't let me be misunderstood. Votes: 0
Regina SpektorYeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist. Votes: 0
John FruscianteAny agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust. Votes: 0
Mitchell ReissBeauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyIt's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions. Votes: 0
Carmelo AnthonyI learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions. Votes: 0
Walter E. WilliamsEven with the best intentions, growing apart might just be an inevitable part of growing up. Votes: 0
Megan McCaffertyOld habits eat good intentions for lunch. Change your habits so you can change your outcomes. Votes: 0
Darren HardyThe welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellIntegrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions. Votes: 0
Stephen LovegroveGod is able to transform the hostile intentions of wicked people into blessings for His people. Votes: 0
Max AndersShort stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. Votes: 0
Joan DidionYou can have the best intentions in the world but if you do nothing, you are nothing. Votes: 0
Corey TaylorIt took me a long time to realize that distance can ruin even the best of intentions. Votes: 0
Nicholas SparksThe gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions. Votes: 0
Les BrownThe crucial question for any policy is not what, are its intentions, but what are its effects? Votes: 0
Walter E. WilliamsMy nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions. Votes: 0
Madonna CicconeIf you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. Votes: 0
Tupac ShakurThat delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions. Votes: 0
Publilius SyrusA man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs Votes: 0
Paul NewmanThe hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious. Votes: 0
Helen RowlandCrimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroGood intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. Votes: 0
Jane SmileyI think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing. Votes: 0
Curtis JacksonHe had no plans, no definite intentions, except to kiss her lips again, to hold her in his arms. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldIt's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to. Votes: 0
Kristin HannahIt's fine, but don't ask me to strip again or I'm going to wonder what your intentions really are. Votes: 0
Stephanie WitterThe hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious. Votes: 0
Helen RowlandHalf of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good. Votes: 0
Mark TwainEither I am just what God intended me for, or God cannot 'carry out' His intentions, it would seem. Votes: 0
Jane Welsh CarlyleI moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera. Votes: 0
Analeigh TiptonI was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were. Votes: 0
Sitting BullAs hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur. Votes: 0
Carlton CuseThe eye is the window of the soul; even an animal looks for a man's intentions right into his eyes. Votes: 0
Hiram PowersIf we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions. Votes: 0
Craig GroeschelThe real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts. Votes: 6 Shams Tabrizi
We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter. Votes: 3 Bille August
We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job. Votes: 1 Ed Begley, Jr.
The Security Council decided to deal with Iran's nuclear intentions. The international community will not be willing to tolerate an Iran with a nuclear capability and an Iran that collaborates with terrorist organizations. Votes: 3 Moshe Katsav
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Votes: 4 Peter Drucker
Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions. Votes: 3 Noam Chomsky
Orozco's despair was not just in finding himself poor, but in discovering that effort, honest intentions, and gentlemanly status had nothing to do with sucess in a commercial economy. Votes: 3 Timothy Brook
I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four times each - eight ceremonies with the best of intentions. Votes: 1 Joshua Ferris
We are not given any promises that, because of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. We learn that what truly heals is gratitude and tenderness. We [need] to transform our minds and actions for the sake of other people and for the future of the world. Votes: 3 Pema Chodron
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: 1 Harvey Mackay
The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena. Votes: 4 Peter Garrett
I never got into MMA to be famous, I got into it to compete and pursue athletic aspirations. They were my pure intentions. I came from a true sport, an Olympic background, winning multiple national, international and Olympic medals. So I entered MMA as a sport. Votes: 3 Matt Lindland
Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions, but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles, to organizational structure, to employee engagement, to customer service an marketplace. Votes: 3 Simon Mainwaring
People in my inner circle of loved ones - we're tight and I've never misjudged someone as far as I know; I can feel someone's intentions, I know their intentions before they probably are honest enough with themselves to know it, so that's my strength. Votes: 3 Eva Mendes
If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. Votes: 3 Tupac Shakur