#intent

There are two sorts of good wills. The one says, "I would do well, but it gives me trouble, and I will not do it." The other, "I wish to do well, but I have not as much power as I have will; it is this which holds me back." The first fills Hell, the second Paradise. ↗

— Francis de Sales

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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. ↗

— David Hume

#design #even #everywhere #intention #most

The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#filled #good #good intentions #goodwill #hell

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions! ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#against #always #assistance #beauty #collaborator

Intentions count in your actions. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#count #intentions #your

Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October. ↗

— Peter Bart

#ceo #disney #down #eisner #entertainment

In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. ↗

— Paul Bettany

#any #budgets #europe #films #intent

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#completely #god #heart #however #intent

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#cause #diversity #effective #i #intention

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. ↗

— Albert Camus

#always #comes #evil #good #good intentions