#intent

Through our intentions, a place no power can influence, we have the power to oppose. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#intentions #motives #oppose #motivational

I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#became #cannot #characters #close #creator

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ↗

— Xun Zi

#caused #evil #goodness #human #human nature

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#ask #best #cannot #even #few

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. ↗

— John Burroughs

#deed #greatest #intention #smallest #than

Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage. ↗

— Robert Caro

#ballet #beautiful #beautiful thing #concentrating #during

I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#backgrounds #because #behavior #careful #come

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. ↗

— John Dewey

#conscience #deeds #good #good intentions #heart

Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#broadway #coming #every #favorite #i

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#degenerate #good #good intentions #hard #hard work