Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective.
The first step of any communication is honest & consistent intentions, after this, even if you don't communicate, people will listen, hear & align
We need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions.
If you charge off with some political agenda that is not informed by clarity, you are going to end up with business as usual. The road to hell is paved with good intentions but it is not paved with clarity.
I assure you my professions never go beyond my intentions.
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.
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.
Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
Love renders all our plans and all our intentions a great big gamble.
The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.
Everyone is curious about the intentions of their enemies.
[W]hatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger.
The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.
There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.
People with good intentions never give up!
He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it!
And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.
We have a choice every day — to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets.
A very good career choice would be to gravitate toward those activities and to embrace those desires that harmonize with your core intentions, which are freedom and growth - and joy. Make a 'career' of living a happy life rather than trying to find work that will produce enough income that you can do things with your money that will then make you happy. When feeling happy is of paramount importance to you - and what you do 'for a living' makes you happy - you have found the best of all combinations.
Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.