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• No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Television interview, 6 Jan. 1986, in The Times 12 Jan. 1986

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• Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wisdom, Writing, Procrastination

  Statement on April 14, 1775. "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell. Volume II, 1791.

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• History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Positive, Badass

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• Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.

  William Moulton Marston

  Work, Butterfly, Chasing Butterflies

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• I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Life, Birthday

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• We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.

  William Wallace

  Country, Peace, Freedom

  Statement before the Battle of Stirling Bridge on September 11, 1297. "History of Scotland". by Patrick Fraser Tytler, p. 121, 1841.

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• Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?

  Gordon Bethune

  Airplane, Self Motivation, Want

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• The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

  Stephen King

  Movie, Writing, Sisterhood

  FaceBook post by Stephen King from Feb 06, 2013

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• The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Hate, War

  "The Plague". Book by Albert Camus, 1947.

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• Everyday when you wake up, create the intention and then commit to making it your best day ever. Seriously. Do it.

  Hal Elrod

  Motivational, Everyday, Wake Up

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• Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it happen.

  Gloria Feldt

  Powerful, Ambition, Assuming

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• Intentions compressed into words enfold magical power.

  Deepak Chopra

  Power Of Intention

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Way Of The Wizard: 20 Lessons for Living a Magical Life”, p.64, Random House

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• What is the quality of your intent?

  Thurgood Marshall

  Respect, Quality, Shattering

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• Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.

  James Arthur Ray

  Focus And Concentration, Attention, Units

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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.

  Deepak Chopra

  Synchronicity, Results, Nurture

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• By banishing doubt and trusting your intuitive feelings, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through.

  Wayne Dyer

  Space, Feelings, Doubt

  Wayne W. Dyer (2010). “The Power of Intention”, p.25, Hay House, Inc

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• Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.

  Thomas Troward

  Wish, Essentials, Clarity

  Thomas Troward (1915). “The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science”

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• Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve

  Grenville Kleiser

  Love, Life, Family

  Grenville Kleiser (1949). “Make Your Life Worth Living”

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• When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when you slip up and return to old, self-defeating habits, recognize the signs that you're out of harmony with intention.

  Aldous Huxley

  Life, Motivational, Self

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• Although actions speak louder than words, I believe it is our intentions that reveal our soul. Refrain from judging others based solely on their words and actions, and seek to know their deepest intentions so that you can know who they truly aspire to be, and support them in becoming the best version of themselves.

  Hal Elrod

  Believe, Thinking, Becoming The Best

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• The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

  Philip Roth

  Work, Writing, Sisterhood

  1979 In the NewYorkTimes Book Review,15 Jul.

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• The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence.

  Duane Elgin

  Inspiring, Moving, Simplicity

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• When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.

  Seneca the Younger

  Time, Philosophy, Caring

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• One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of Creation.' . . . We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.

  Sigmund Freud

  Happiness, Men, Littles

  Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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