Intention Quotes

All physical beings have communication from their inner being in the form of emotion, and so, whenever your emotion is positive, you can know that you are in harmony with your inner intention.

I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much.

Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.

In Buddhism balance is the most difficult thing, because it is overlooked.

Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.

My intention is to make interesting photographs. That's it, in the end. I don't make it up. Let's say it's a world I never made. That's what was there to deal with.

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

If your intention is to give, you will not be concerned with how your actions are perceived.

Emotions reflect intentions. Therefore, awareness of emotions leads to awareness of intentions.

The Universe backs the part of you that is of clearest intention

What you do and what you say has consequence and impact. Impact is determined by the intention behind your words and the intention behind your deeds.

Nothing happens without intention, Willem. Nothing. This theory of yours - life is rules by accidents - isn't that just one huge excuse for passivity?

Hell is not all paved with bad intentions.

Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.

An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being.

I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.

I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season', although that wasn't my intention. It's also a world without adults.

Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it happen.

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story.

What's your vision of what you think should happen? How can you make it happen? Go stand in your power and walk with intention to make it so.

Unlimit yourself: Stand in power, walk with intention.

I didn't have any intention of releasing any of the tracks I made.

In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.

My body is the intention. My body is the event. My body is the result.

The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success.

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

Anything created with fake intention or pretense cannot last long.

Love renders all our plans and all our intentions a great big gamble.

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart.

Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but that's not the intention of the author, I think. At least not mine.

If you want to be at peace, you have to be clear about your intetion and - moment by moment - in alignment with your intention

I don't feel any obligation to make my intentions for a song accessible to a listener or an audience. I'm not interested in conveying anything to them so much as what's best for me.

Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.

It was never my intention to cause you pain. Whether you feel strongly or very little, that does not excuse thoughtless behavior." - Adam

An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone.

The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.

Technology is only an enabler, which can help achieve the intention of the person who is using it.

When you borrow you plan to pay back. We're stealing from our children - so many people have no intention of paying back.

MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.

My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment.

I think Mount Everest is gorgeous, too, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of trying to climb it

My intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened.

So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love.

When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.

My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.

When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.

If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.