Intention Quotes (251 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Gary Zukav
„Caregiving requires the intention of love, caretaking requires the intention of fear. Not acting in anger when you are angry requires the intention of love.“
― Gary Zukav ―
Picture of quotation author Gary Zukav
„This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.“
― Gary Zukav ―
Picture of quotation author Gary Zukav
„When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.“
― Gary Zukav ―
Picture of quotation author Michael York
„So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out.“
― Michael York ―
Picture of quotation author Kathleen Wynne
„I have no intention of disowning my record as a member of the McGuinty government.“
― Kathleen Wynne ―
Picture of quotation author Jonny Wilkinson
„I have no intention of letting this decision change the way that I approach my training and preparation for games, but the time has come for me to realise that I have gone as far as I can go with this England team.“
― Jonny Wilkinson ―
Picture of quotation author Andrew Lloyd Webber
„I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth.“
Picture of quotation author Stand Watie
„My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive.“
― Stand Watie ―
Picture of quotation author Stand Watie
„If I commit an error I do it without bad intention.“
― Stand Watie ―
Picture of quotation author Abigail Washburn
„I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.“
Picture of quotation author Abigail Washburn
„I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.“
Picture of quotation author Joshua Waitzkin
„Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.“
― Joshua Waitzkin ―
Picture of quotation author Jean-Marc Vallee
„I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character's intention.“
Picture of quotation author Michael Trucco
„Before I pursued acting full-time, I had every intention of going into some form of law enforcement work.“
― Michael Trucco ―
Picture of quotation author Joe Torre
„If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.“
― Joe Torre ―
Picture of quotation author Susanna Thompson
„I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew I wanted to do it, and that intention got me there and kept me there.“
Picture of quotation author Fred Thompson
„Superfund was passed with the good intention of cleaning up America's toxic waste sites.“
― Fred Thompson ―
Picture of quotation author Bryn Terfel
„People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity.“
― Bryn Terfel ―
Picture of quotation author Thomas Sydenham
„I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading in her footsteps.“
― Thomas Sydenham ―
Picture of quotation author Jonathan Swift
„A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.“
― Jonathan Swift ―

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