"For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions."
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"You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish - not sit intending on a chair."
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"Inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment."
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"Our intentions create our reality."
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"You'd be surprised how much you don't understand what other people see your actions as; how other people view the things you say and the things that you do. And a lot of times just clarifying what your intentions are with people makes a huge difference."
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"A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own."
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"Hell is full of good intentions and wills."
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"That is the principal thing-not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being-in-the-mood, but always forcibly to convert it all into things."
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"Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally similar to yourself."
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"I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it."
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"The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions."
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"Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day."
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"I certainly had no intention of playing a man."
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"Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention"
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"The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception."
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"You don’t make art out of good intentions."
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"The power of intention is a critical factor in all areas of life. Simply by intending to create synchronicity in your life, you can nurture that result."
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"It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions."
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"Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture bomb the hoochies wit' precision, my intentions to get richer."
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"I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately.That's just a warning. To everyone."
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