80 Quotes About Intent

Intention is a powerful thing. It can change your outlook, quiet your mind, and give you a new direction. With it, you can make a positive impact on your life and those around you. It’s also something we should always keep in mind because it’s the key to creating a positive future Read more

Let these intent quotes let you know what you should be thinking about as you move forward in life.

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How would your life be different if… You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day… You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change. Steve Maraboli
If you have a goal, write it down. If you...
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If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal - you have a wish. Steve Maraboli
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The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions. Steve Maraboli
And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences,...
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And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions. Unknown
You got it all wrong in your way of thinking.
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You got it all wrong in your way of thinking. Lailah Gifty Akita
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction...
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The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally. Deborah Day
Intent not followed by action is an insult to your...
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Intent not followed by action is an insult to your design. Decide what you want, create a plan, and get your ass out there! Steve Maraboli
Your life is a print-out of your thoughts.
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Your life is a print-out of your thoughts. Steve Maraboli
Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy...
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Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness. Steve Maraboli
Live your vision and demand your success.
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Live your vision and demand your success. Steve Maraboli
While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the...
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While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success. Steve Maraboli
Interrupt your thoughts of
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Interrupt your thoughts of "I should", with your action of doing. Steve Maraboli
You cannot continue on the same path and arrive at...
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You cannot continue on the same path and arrive at a different destination. Make the choice to have your actions reflect your goals. Steve Maraboli
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Let today be the day you stop having conflict between your actions and your goals and finally align your greatest intent with your purposeful actions, creating a universal symphony serenading your success! Steve Maraboli
Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful...
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Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress. Steve Maraboli
Although goals are important, having a plan of action is...
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Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map. Steve Maraboli
It is important that when we make a resolution, or...
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It is important that when we make a resolution, or establish a goal, that we take the ACTION necessary to accomplish that goal. Steve Maraboli
Powerful words come with powerful intent. Where you have passion,...
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Powerful words come with powerful intent. Where you have passion, strength, courage, and determination you can accomplish anything! K.L. Toth
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Intent without dedicated action is simply not enough. Action without a clear intent is a waste. It is when these two powerful forces are aligned that the energy of the universe conspires in your favor. Steve Maraboli
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How would your life be different if… You stopped focusing on what you didn’t want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day… You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent. Steve Maraboli
The best way to succeed is to have a specific...
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The best way to succeed is to have a specific Intent, a clear Vision, a plan of Action, and the ability to maintain Clarity. Those are the Four Pillars of Success. It never fails! Steve Maraboli
If you intend to change, decide what you want and...
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If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly. Steve Maraboli
If I’m perplexed by the fact that I’m constantly lost,...
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If I’m perplexed by the fact that I’m constantly lost, maybe somewhere in my head I’ve determined that being lost serves a greater purpose than being found. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Much of what I learned about forgiveness I learned by inhabiting the lives of my characters. Even villains act with reasonable intent. Mercy is easier with understanding. Still, it helps that on paper I can kill them off. Joyce Rachelle
Never judge someone's character based on the words of another....
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Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. Suzy Kassem
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It isn't that as time goes by you're learning sorcery; rather, what you're learning is to save energy. And this energy will enable you to handle some of the energy fields that are not employed in perceiving the ordinary world we know. Sorcery is a state of awareness. Unknown
Truth can only be found in a person's record of...
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Truth can only be found in a person's record of actions, not their list of intentions. Suzy Kassem
To know the good from the bad, study a man...
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To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions. Suzy Kassem
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Circumstances will continue to change. They will not adjust to you; you will have to adjust to them. Circumstances are without inner-intent and you are with inner-intent. To make the circumstances favorable is our job. Unfavorable circumstances are indeed favorable. One feels exhausted going up the stairs, and yet why does he climb them? There is the inner-intent that he will be able to go up; he will be able to take advantage of what is up there; that is why! . Dada Bhagwan
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Work. Good, honest work, whether it’s working with your hands to create an artwork, or manual labour, brings forth a sense of divinity at play. The only prerequisite is that whatever the work is, it is done sincerely and in congruence with the soul’s true origin and intent, then, without any effort, one experiences a flow, wherein one feels a part of the plan of the entire universe. Kamand Kojouri
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When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If they do not remain in unison, you should maintain the intent of ‘I want to keep them in unison’; then some day it will come into fruition if this resolve is there. Dada Bhagwan
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If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction. L. David Marquet
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Success is a process, not an event. Richie Norton
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Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others' choices make us. Richie Norton
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Anything you assume ownership of, it will strike back at you. Ultimately, even at the time of death, whomever you've had excessive intent of ownership, it will all become painful. Dada Bhagwan
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If you become angry with someone today, it is a discharge kashaya (karma effect of anger-pride-deceit-greed). But in that [discharge karma] your intent is for it, which “charges” a [new] karmic seed. Dada Bhagwan
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If the outside [our outside circumstances] has become spoilt so be it, don’t let the inside [our inner intent] spoil. If you don’t have the money to pay off your debt, keep the intent pure within that you want to pay it off. Because you did not let the inner intent spoil, the time to pay off the debt will come. Dada Bhagwan
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If the inner [intent] is not spoilt, it means “Our Own Self” did not spoilt. That which has become spoilt on the outside will burn in the funeral pyre; whether it improves or not. Dada Bhagwan
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With silence comes mindfulness, and thus we become better at choosing our words with kind intent before we express them. Alaric Hutchinson
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Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live. Criss Jami
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There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart. Haruki Murakami
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A true leader leads for the sake of love and his knowledge of the path, a bad leader redirects his followers to the path of destruction. Michael Bassey Johnson
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The problem with the world, is, far too many people drain their energy into what is wrong with their life; instead of holding gratitude for what's right in their life. Nikki Rowe
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S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities Richie Norton
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Intent matters. Integrity matters. Courage matters. If you have the three, nothing else matters Sharad Vivek Sagar
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It is one thing doing what you love for a living. It is another thing doing what you love with love Rasheed Ogunlaru
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As you focus on something you desire, your intent collapses scalar waves of consciousness into 3D. Your DNA literally becomes your projector of reality. Deborah Bravandt
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I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind – that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking. I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious. I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect. I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech – alike for the humblest man and the mightiest, and in the utmost freedom of conduct that is consistent with living in organized society. I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how it is run. I believe in the reality of progress. I –But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant. . H.l. Mencken
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We now have the liberal playbook and we know what they are doing, and we are using it against them. Unlike the Democrats though, we aren't out to destroy our society, we are out to save it. Mark R. Levin
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Knowledge is never enough. Even action, if it's just following a prescribed way, will never fully express your potential. Kamal Ravikant
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Lord, I intend to be aware today of the presence of your divine being in every other living being that I encounter. I intend to center my spirit in alignment with the spirit of Love before I commence my day. I intend to ground my being in your source, Universal Intentional Love Energy, recognizing my role as a cell in the body of the universe. I intend to be loving and compassionate with every person I encounter today, observing their activities in the context of their growth, and not judging their decisions as good or bad. I intend not to attempt to blame or shame other people, but rather to encourage and support. I intend to be creative today, emulating the divine creative essence in my life. I intend to be joyful today, aware of what good things I have, picking up the scent of wonder, and breathing in the good things with thanks and appreciation. I intend to reject any opinion of other people offered which negatively affects my ability to achieve the above goals. I am blessed and will be grateful for the presence of love in my life. I will grow today, learning more and applying love to the best of my ability. . Phil Philosofree Cheney
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More often than not, you will never be judged by your intentions because the world can't read minds and very few will know the heart of a person they have not given time to know personally. Shannon L. Alder
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It is my intent to beget a good understanding between the chymists and the mechanical philosophers who have hitherto been too little acquainted with one another's learning. Robert Boyle
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... most martial artists want to know how A technique is done, A seasoned Sensei will demonstrate why Soke Behzad Ahmadi
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Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law. Lao Tzu
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When intent is rooted in pure love, you dreams will grown and manifest faster than you could ever imagine. Dawn Gluskin
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Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough. Richelle E. Goodrich
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It’s called an ‘accomplishment’, not an ‘intent-ishment’. You’ve got to BE it to SEE it. NO MORE EXCUSES - Decide what you want, create a plan, and get your ass out there! Steve Maraboli
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If sacrifice is not the theme of my life, there’s no sense telling the story. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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The desires you aspire to need strong chains of intent. Steven Redhead
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In an honest effort to gain understanding, asking questions do not, necessarily, imply a conclusion has been determined. They can be used to avoid making the wrong judgement. If building trust is the ultimate goal - there is no need to be defensive, or feel threatened by any inquiry. T.F. Hodge
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What makes an action positive or negative? Not how it looks, not whether it is big or small, but it is the positive or negative motivation that is behind it. No matter how many teachings that you have heard, to be motivated by ordinary concerns, such as a desire for greatness, fame or whatever, is not the way of the true Dharma. Patrul Rinpoche
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Your Karma is defined by your Actions plus your Intent. A seemingly incorrect action with a pure intent can potentially result in good Karma Manoj Arora
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Stop walking through the motions of a conditioned routine and start consciously taking action on your visualized intent. Steve Maraboli
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Thinking very often resembles napping, but the intent is different. --Stephanie Plum Janet Evanovich
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Love is beautiful, yet the worst of crimes are committed in the name of love. So when someone claims to love you, you should question their intent. Gugu Mona
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I simply can’t look into the heavens on a crisp starry night and somehow bring myself to believe that the gaping expanse that engulfs the whole of me is the product of chance happenstance. And neither can I believe that the gaping expanse that rests within me is anything less. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Consider intentions carefully. Karma gives a damn about ego, awards allegiance to none, and its justice is truly blind. T.F. Hodge
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It is not for nothing that an ominous feeling often attaches itself to a procession. In films and stories we see spectacles forming in the street and parades coming from around the corner, and we know to greet then with distrust and apprehension: their intent is still to be revealed. Eudora Welty
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Moments later, Sona Kilroy, heading for the open doorway, stepped over the sergeant’s body. With an old auto-rifle in his left hand and his favorite sword in the other, and the sharp melodic din of bolts and bullets ringing in his ears, ‘the Hammer’ grinned an evil grin to himself, well pleased. He wished he could’ve seen the look on the face of Indomitable’s captain when he realized the tables had just been turned on him! The thought amused him. It was bloody hilarious. He cackled, reveling in this complete reversal of fortune. Then he stalked onward with conviction, a grim smile on his lips — intent on taking the ship for himself. * * *. Christina Engela
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Don't apologize for doing what you thought was best. All you can ever do, is your best. Even if that doesn't work out, don't diminish your efforts. Don't diminish your intent. Don't apologize for being human. Don't take on guilt that isn't yours. We are all growing, learning and evolving. Take the lesson forward. Akiroq Brost
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The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort. Alan W. Watts
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They don’t see what they’re doing. The only thing they see are their intentions. Amy Neftzger
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Your number one mission in life is to be who you were intended to be. Bryant McGill
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu
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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake
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I'd been on 'SVU' before and I'd been on 'Criminal Intent, ' but I wasn't a follower. Like, my mom watches every episode, even before I was on it. Kelli Giddish
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned. Buddha
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Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause. Kevin Mitnick