Quotes about Intentions

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

the fundamental attribution error is the tendency of human beings to attribute the negative or frustrating behaviors of their colleagues to their intentions and personalities, while attributing their own negative or frustrating behaviors to environmental factors.

We rarely do anything with on single motive.

Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say health care; that's an intention, not an objective.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”

If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!