Quotes about Intent
Martha, seeking to serve the Lord according to her own thoughts, was distracted and diverted. The
— Frank Viola
God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.
— Adrian Rogers
All Life needs for life is possible to will.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
— Aristotle
Love itself starts with the desire for something good.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.
— Lewis Carroll
Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, "I have a purpose," and the other gods as well. And why were you born? For pleasure? See if that answer will stand up to questioning.
— Marcus Aurelius
Whatsoever he said, all men believed him that as he spake, so he thought, and whatsoever he did, that he did it with a good intent.
— Marcus Aurelius
The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.
— John Calvin
Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
— Seth Godin
If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time.
— Mark Twain
Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what is right?
— Aristotle