Quotes about Intention

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

My actions are my only true belongings.

The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.

Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in the intention, purity in the affection.

Simplicity ought to be in the intention, purity in the affection.

A life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing. Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let us make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is nought.

the intention of every man acting according to virtue is to follow the rule of reason, wherefore the intention of all the virtues is directed to the same end, so that all the virtues are connected together in the right reason of things to be done, viz. prudence,

Now in matters of action the reason directs all things in view of the end:

Three things are required for a war to be just. Indeed, the first requirement is that the ruler at whose command the war is to be waged have the lawful authority to do so. . . . Second, there needs to be a just cause to wage war, namely, that the enemy deserve to have war waged against it because of some wrong it has inflicted. . . . Third, those waging war need to have a right intention, namely, an intention to promote good and avoid evil.

With every moment of your time, every decision about how you spend your energy and your money, you are making a statement about what really matters to you.

fear brings about that which one is afraid of, and hyper-intention makes impossible what one wishes