Quotes about Intention

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

The conscious utterance of thought, by speech or action, to any end, is art.

The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.

If you will here stop and ask yourselves why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you, that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it.

the reason why you see no real mortification or self-denial, no eminent charity, no profound humility, no heavenly affection, no true contempt of the world, no Christian meekness, no sincere zeal, no eminent piety in the common lives of Christians, is this, because they do not so much as intend to be exact and exemplary in these virtues.

So you can't look at church history to find the model for the church, just like you can't look at the history of mankind and find God's divine intention for man.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.

One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions.

For most of us, the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.

Your words are so powerful and precious. Learn to harness them, guide them and let them work for you.

Art is a human act, a generous contribution, something that might not work, and it is intended to change the recipient for the better, often causing a connection to happen.