...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 the universe--as though our expectation itself causes our energy to flow out into the world and affect other energy systems.
~ James Redfield
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.
~ Emanuel Swedenborg
A traitor may betray himself and do good he does not intend.
~ J.r.r. Tolkien
The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of God. The undoer. The destroyer. Yes. He definitely was.” Jason smiled. “But he meant well.
~ Orson Scott Card
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 writing something quite different.
~ Russell M. Goldfarb
A corruption of intentions.
~ Robert Ludlum
Be careful when you set intentions, they just might manifest.
~ Russell Eric Dobda
Authenticity requires us to slow down. Fast times require us to slow down. To be effective, we need to slow down our pace of thought and action and focus on managing our attention. To be authentic leaders we need to act from intention and choice rather than from habit and impulse.
~ Henna Inam
Successful commitment occurs when your stated intentions are stronger than your hidden intentions, or when you consciously reconcile the conflict.
~ Brian P. Moran
To change any behavior we have to slow down and act intentionally rather than from habit and impulse.
However, attention can be moved away from an unwanted focus, primarily by focusing intently on another target.
~ Daniel Kahneman
You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you can't want to make a film simply for the sake of it.
~ Krzysztof Kieślowski
Work on Purpose - Play on Purpose -Rest on Purpose -Do not let yourself or anyone else waste your time.
~ Izey Victoria Odiase
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
~ Christopher Columbus
Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.
~ Kevin Mitnick
A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker.
~ David Hume
It was Nick Willing's intention to make 'Hatter' as sarcastically British funny as he could.
~ Andrew-Lee Potts
I had no intention of entering politics, but then the force of events led me to become involved in politics.
~ Sergio Mattarella
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
~ John Burroughs
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
~ François De La Rochefoucauld
