Quotes about intention can provide valuable insights into the power of our thoughts and actions. They highlight the importance of being deliberate and purposeful in everything we do. These quotes remind us that intention shapes our reality and influences the outcomes we achieve. They encourage us to set clear intentions to guide our behavior and decision-making, helping us stay focused and aligned with our goals.
I'm a big fan of intention. That's because I have learned first-hand the power of setting my intention on my goal and making all decisions based off of that intention. — Lewis Howes
Intention appears to be something akin to a tuning fork, causing the tuning forks of other things in the universe to resonate at the same frequency — Lynne McTaggart
An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived. — John Searle
Design is the application of intent - the opposite of happenstance, and an antidote to accident. — Robert L. Peters
Although actions may speak louder than words, it is our intentions that reveal our soul. — Hal Elrod
The power of an intention multiplies, depending upon how many people are thinking the same thought at the same time. — Lynne McTaggart
There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
When we set an intention, somehow the world seems to magically come to meet us. — Duncan Trussell
Absolutely every single one of my actions is intentional. Divine purpose. If your day is full of mindless action, you act without thought. — Andrew Tate
Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions. — Jordan Belfort
You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless. — Caroline Myss
But if you're doing something and you don't know why you're doing it, then it's good to reflect on the intentionality behind it. — Jay Shetty
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. — Seneca The Elder
Short Intention Quotes
If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. — Tupac Shakur
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. — John Burroughs
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention. — Fred Astaire
Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions. — Tom Petty
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. — Augusten Burroughs
Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion. — Kevin Mitnick
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
Move With Intention Quotes
Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself. — Tony Robbins
Kingdom praying and its efficacy is entirely a matter of the innermost heart's being totally open and honest before God. It is a matter of what we are saying with our whole being, moving with resolute intent and clarity of mind into the flow of God's action. — Dallas Willard
My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. — Maurice Ravel
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
The universe is intentional. It is always moving in the direction of greater love, regardless whether or not we consciously align with that love. — Marianne Williamson
The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence. — Duane Elgin
I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I've never used any drugs for stimulation. I don't use words loosely. When I'm working and the right word comes, there is an answering resonance within me. There is also a hardness of intention that goes with it. There is no idleness in it. — Saul Bellow
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
I have been given permission to announce that I and others from All My Children have been approached by the company Prospect Park, who bought AMC, with the intention to move it online. — Cameron Mathison
With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently. — Tom Peters
Sometimes, I go to Barnes & Noble with the sole intention of moving all copies of the bible to the fiction section. — Zach Braff
Positive Intention Quotes
In the universe there is an immeasurable, indescribable force which shamens call intent, and absolutely everything that exists in the entire cosmos is attached to intent by a connecting link. — Carlos Castaneda
You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality. — Wayne Dyer
Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence. — Barbara Marciniak
People with good intentions make promises, but people with good character keep them.
Don’t dismiss the synchronicity of what is happening right now finding its way to your life at just this moment. There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of Will, Intent, and Experience. — Neale Donald Walsch
It was simply this: silence is not a neutral position, whatever your intentions. Silence automatically supports the status quo. When you are a presence that lacks a voice, you create an empty space that another voice - a dominating voice that knows no boundaries - is only too happy to fill. — Justine Musk
A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour. — Jonathan Swift
People don't listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity. — Cheryl Richardson
You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift...You get to choose — Wayne Dyer
You want my dark side? Have I ever stolen anything? Not so much intentionally. But I don't think it's so much stealing as... being a part of the flow of the universe. You know, where there's an exchange. It's positive. It's negative. There's an exchange of goods and services. — Bill Murray
One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding. — Paulo Freire
Love Intention Quotes
Don't you complicate your mind
Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. — Bob Marley
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. — M. Scott Peck
Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg. — Maya Angelou
I myself am entirely made of flaws, stitched together with good intentions
Love is not a doing but a state of being - a relatedness, a connectedness to another mortal, an identification with her or him that simply flows within me and through me, independent of my intentions or my efforts. — Robert A. Johnson
We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell. — Karl Popper
The question, 'Why does she stay?' is code for some people for, 'It's her fault for staying,' as if [domestic violence] victims intentionally choose to fall in love with men intent upon destroying us. — Leslie Morgan Steiner
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean its useless.
I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others. — Chelsea Manning
The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her. — Edward Barber
Dont throw yourself out on another’s whim. People change, as do intentions and as a result, consequences. Live for yourself - Love those around you, but realize that they’ve got their own agendas. — Alex Gaskarth
The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible. — Tara Brach
My Intention Quotes
I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent. — Saul Bass
Everyone dreams of driving a Ferrari, it was my intent fromthe start. — Enzo Ferrari
Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible. — Maya Angelou
I seldom end up where I intended to go, but I think i have ended up where I intended to be.
Success is clarity of my intention....and reaching that intention while being true to myself and with joy. — India.Arie
If I create with my heart almost all my intentions remain. If it is with the head - almost nothing. An artist must not fear to be himself, to express only himself. If he is absolutely and entirely sincere, what he says and does will be acceptable to others. — Marc Chagall
The monk mindset is, ‘How do I just place this next step?’ Not perfectly, but how do I place this next step with my best intention, process, and habits possible? — Jay Shetty
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest invention.
I might be one of the most flamboyant characters New Zealand has ever seen, but my intentions are good, and I would like to see New Zealand flourish. — Kim Dotcom
I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to do with my life was to improve societies, and the way to do that was to find out what made economies work the way they did or fail to work. — Douglass North
My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others. — Gerry Spence
If you're asking whether I intentionally mess up my hair, no, I don't. And certain things, like my freckles, they're just there. I don't do anything consciously. I suppose I could get contact lenses. I suppose I could comb my hair more often. — Bill Gates
Power Of Intention Quotes
God never intended His people to be ordinary or commonplace. His intentions were that they should be on fire for Him, conscious of His divine power, realizing the glory of the cross that foreshadows the crown. — Smith Wigglesworth
Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it? — Gordon Bethune
You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy. — Wayne Dyer
I didn't want to kiss you goodbye - that was the trouble - I wanted to kiss you goodnight.
Just what is meant by 'your word?' It means your conscious intention, your conscious direction, your conscious faith and acceptance that, because of what you are doing, the Power of Spirit will flow through your word in the direction you give It. — Ernest Holmes
How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention. — Abdullah ibn Mubarak
By banishing doubt and trusting your intuitive feelings, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through. — Wayne Dyer
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. — George Orwell
Be at Peace with Everyone - No one is capable of making you upset without your consent, so if you begin practicing the intention to be authentic and peaceful with everyone, you connect to peace itself- and gain the power to change the energy of your relationships with family and friends. — Wayne Dyer
The more you see yourself as what you'd like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you'll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality. — Wayne Dyer
We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear. Let us take breath, and go on afresh. — Saint Francis de Sales
Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other, and equally important, half. — Samuel Gridley Howe
The eye is the window of the soul, the mouth the door. The intellect, the will, are seen in the eye; the emotions, sensibilities, and affections, in the mouth. The animals look for man's intentions right into his eyes. Even a rat, when you hunt him and bring him to bay, looks you in the eye. — Hiram Powers
The world is awaiting your gift - all you have to do is show up with the right intention! — Lewis Howes
Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; its a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. Its all right there in front of us. — Phil Anselmo
Judging others’ intentions is the right of God alone. We don’t have this right, and it is poor manners with God. — Habib Ali al-Jifri
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention. — Peter Abelard
It's a woman's right to know a man's intentions upfront. Because, once you get emotionally attached to a man and you sleep with him, it's too late. — Steve Harvey
By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that they never had any intention of restoring one of the most elemental human rights the right to belong to a free trade union. — Ronald Reagan
Pure Intention Quotes
Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure. — Erykah Badu
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
One’s motivation is like a pure, white scarf, but the other’s intention is black hope. — Tibetan Proverbs
If the myth of pure evil is that evil is committed with the intention of causing harm and an absence of moral considerations, then it applies to very few acts of so-called 'pure evil' because most evildoers believe what they are doing is forgivable or justifiable. — Steven Pinker
The entire universe - for one thing - only exists in your perceptions. That's all you're gonna see of it. To all practical intents and purposes this is purely some kind of lightshow that's being put on in the kind of neurons in our brain. The whole of reality. — Alan Moore
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions. — Peter Julian Eymard
Nothing can compare to creating characters and worlds out of thin air with your friends and making a book exactly the way you think it should be made, pure creative freedom, purity of intention, with no boundaries. — Rick Remender
In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls. — Pope John Paul II
When we become quiet and introduce our intentions into the field of pure potentiality, we harness the universe's infinite organizing power, which can manifest our desires with effortless ease. — Deepak Chopra
Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, silent remembering and pure intention raises the heart to that supreme Power. — Amit Ray
Live With Intention Quotes
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Live life with intention, purpose, and passion. — Wim Hof
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. — Charles Darwin
He made you you - on purpose. You are the only you - ever. Becoming ourselves means we are actively cooperating with God's intention for our lives, not fighting him or ourselves. — Stasi Eldredge
If our mind is in conflict, not balanced with our body and with the needs of the soul, then there is a fundamental disunity in our life. Only if we have unity within ourselves, we can create unity in the world around us. You can't give something you don't have, even if you have all good intentions — Radhanath Swami
Every single moment shapes our future. Be intentional. Live on purpose! — Brian Tracy
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen Hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is. — Mary Anne Radmacher
We either live with intention or exist by default. — Kristin Armstrong
One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. — John Dewey
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. — Mary Anne Radmacher
Set Your Intention Quotes
If you can hit your opponent with two punches, you don't hit him with one. Get off with some bad intentions in there. Believe in yourself. A guy can feel it if you don't believe in yourself. Set your mind to make yourself do it. — Cus D'Amato
Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond. — Ken Blanchard
Setting goals is important. They bring us focus and order to how you prioritize your resources, allocate your time, and exert your energy. They structure your day and bring intentionality to your actions and decision-making. Plus they're exciting. — Rich Roll
Direction, not intention determines your destination. — Andy Stanley
Important leadership skill is precisely communicating your intent — that is, proposing what the properties of successful execution would be, while leaving the choices of how to achieve those goals for the team to propose in return. — Greg Brockman
Focus your intention on your dreams, you can wave magic when you set your heart and mind to it — Miranda Kerr
Beginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations. Demand that you demonstrate a strength of character in such a way that you find pride in who you are, and that others see you as a role model. — Brendon Burchard
To move forward, simply set your intentions, be grateful for what you have, be open to what is possible, and the rest will happen, as a beautiful and effortless journey of cooperation and listening. — Bryant H. McGill
Losing friends and spouses is an inevitable part of aging, and many people have a tendency to go quietly into semi-isolation. Instead, set your intention on expanding and deepening the love in your life. — Deepak Chopra
Set an intention to heal any unexpressed anger that may be present in your life. Go to a quiet place with pen and paper. Take a few deep breaths. Ask your anger to speak to you. Write down the thoughts and feelings. When you are finished, forgive yourself for holding on to the anger for so long. — Iyanla Vanzant
Purity Of Intention Quotes
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd. — Elisabeth Elliot
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. — George Washington
God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. — Saint Augustine
Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. — Thomas a Kempis
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
This grace (purity of intention) is so excellent that it sanctifies the most common actions of our life and yet is so necessary that without it, the very best actions of our devotion are imperfect and vicious. — Jeremy Taylor
I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling. — Thomas a Kempis
But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart. — Ira Sachs
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. — Aristotle
The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts. — Shams Tabrizi
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg. — Anonymous
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride! — Hunter S. Thompson
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions. — John Wesley
I have no intention of retaliating or looking backwards. We are going to forget the past and look forward to the future. — Jomo Kenyatta
He who does reverence to his own sect, while disparaging the sects of others with intent to enhance the glory of his own sect, by such conduct inflicts the severest injury on his own sect. — Ashoka
There are two kinds of Riya - Showing off-Ostentation ie pure ostentation and adulterated ostention. In pure ostentation "Riya" a man does a good deed only for worldly benefit. In Adulterated ostentation, a man does a good deed with the intention of reaping the benefits of the world as well as of the Hereafter. — Al-Ghazali
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable. — Thomas Troward
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. — Douglas MacArthur
When you help people, don't wait around to hear them say, "Thank you." A lot of times we do good things, but in the back of our mind we're hoping to get some appreciation. But if you make your intentions pure, and you expect only from Allah, He will take more care of you than you could ever imagine. — Nouman Ali Khan
The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind. — Augustus Y. Napier
The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind. — Augustus
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Holiness is not merely a feeling, state of mind, or good intention. It involves practical separation from sin and real separation unto God. — Paul Washer
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul. — G. I. Gurdjieff
We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free. — William Wallace
When a certain number of people come together and they choose at a moment in time to create a precise emotion in their hearts, that emotion literally can intentionally influence the very fields that sustain the life on planet earth. — Gregg Braden
A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death. — Anselm of Canterbury
In Conclusion
Intention quotes emphasize the significance of having a clear purpose behind our actions. They encourage us to be aware of our intentions and ensure they align with our values and aspirations. These quotes remind us that intention is not just about what we want to achieve, but also the energy and mindset we bring to our pursuits. They inspire us to approach life with intention, knowing that our thoughts and actions have the power to shape our experiences and create the life we desire.
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