Quotes about Intention

What gets our attention determines our direction and, ultimately, our destination. Or if you would prefer the short version: attention determines direction.

While nobody plans to mess up his life, the problem is that few of us plan not to.

None of us plan--or intend--to get into trouble. The problem is, we don't plan not to.

Make today's decisions in light of tomorrow's hopes and dreams. The future is what brings today's choices into proper focus. Making choices with the end in mind goes a long way toward ensuring a happy ending.

There's a third thing about getting lost. The road I'm on always determines where I end up. Pretty insightful, eh? It really doesn't matter where I intended to be; the path I take determines my ultimate destination. Plans, intentions, spousal expectations . . . none of that counts. I always end up where the road I've chosen takes me. And that, as you know by now, is the theme of this book.

Everybody ends up somewhere in life. A few people end up somewhere on purpose.

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

We don't drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

I've talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don't really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don't need a solution. They need a new direction.

If we can ever get the hang of life as God intended, then it becomes an adventure to be lived instead of an unknown to be feared.

What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the created world, is a recognition that all good things on Earth are God's, every good gift is from above. They are good if we recognize where they came from and if we treat them the way the Designer intended them to be treated.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.