Drake
Rapper, singer, songwriter
"Bad decisions, good intentions."
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Good Intentions
76 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Thomas A. Edison
Inventor
"A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result."
Blake Shelton
Singer, Songwriter
"When things go wrong or dont turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions."
John F. Kennedy
Politician
"Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength."
Madonna Ciccone
Singer
"My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions."
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"Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too."
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"Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut."
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"Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical."
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"I don't give a damn if I go to hell. I love you Satan. The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
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"I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic."
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"Hell is full of good intentions and wills."
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"You don’t make art out of good intentions."
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"My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous."
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"Do any of us know how we’re actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off?"
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"Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately!"
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"Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!"
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"The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes."
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"Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention."
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"It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth."
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"Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success."
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"Institutions mistake good intentions for objectives. They say "health care"; that's an intention, not an objective."
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"With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved."
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"The streets of hell are paved with good intentions."
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"All bad art is the result of good intentions."
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"Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future."
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