Intent Quotes (138 quotes)

“Did you really want to die?"
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, How to Kill a Rock Star

tags: intent, pain, suicide

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: actions, change, inspirational, intent, motivational, success, thoughts, universe

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, change, control, inspirational, intent, life, motivational, seize-the-day, worry

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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, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

tags: action, choice, goal, intent, life, motivational, wish

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“There is always a gap between intention and action..”
― Paulo Coelho

tags: intent

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“Thinking very often resembles napping, but the intent is different. --Stephanie Plum”
― Janet Evanovich, Seven Up

tags: evanovich, intent, napping, plum, sleeping, stephanie-plum, thinking

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“Your life is a print-out of your thoughts.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: actions, agreement-with-reality, inspirational, intent, life, perspective, success

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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, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: bigotry, character, gossip, hate, hearsay, human-nature, intent, intention, judge, judgement, life, motive, negative, negativity, people, person, racism, reasons, resent, rumor, society, words

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“There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

tags: heart, honesty, intent, internal-self, love, secrets

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, change, goal, inspirational, intent, knowing-oneself, life, motivational, plan

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“Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, intent, life, motivational, purpose, success

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“The universe doesn't give you what you want in your mind; it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

tags: action, demand, happiness, intent, motivation, success, universe, want

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: actions, goals, inspirational, intent, life, motivation, success

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“Live your vision and demand your success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, intent, life, motivational, success, vision

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, choices, intent, life, motivational, success

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“Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others' choices make us.”
― Richie Norton

tags: art, choice, choices, free-agency, intent, intentional, intentional-living, living-life-in-the-present, living-life-to-the-fullest, living-with-intent

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: choice, destination, dreams, goals, intent, motivational, success

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“Interrupt your thoughts of "I should", with your action of doing.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, change, intent, life, motivational, success

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“If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly.”
― Steve Maraboli , Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, change, intent, life, motivational

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, inspirational, intent, life, motivational, movement, progress, success

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, goals, inspirational, intent, life, motivational, success

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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.”
― Sándor Márai, Embers

tags: consequence, guilt, intent, truth

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, clarity, four-pillars-of-success, intent, motivational, succeed, vision

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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

tags: accomplish, courage, goal, intent, intention, passion, power, strength, success

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: accomplishment, action, goals, intent, motivational, resolution, success

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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, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, inspirational, intent, motivational, success

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“He opened the book at random, or so he believed, but a book is like a sandy path which keeps the indent of footsteps.”
― Graham Greene, The Human Factor

tags: accident, divination, intent, purpose

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“The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.”
― Deborah Day, BE HAPPY NOW!

tags: happiness, intent, intention, life, purpose-of-life

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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

tags: behind-te, deeper-meanings, hidden-agendas, humor, intent, intentions, interpretation, knowing, learning, leshe-scenes, life, not, rumors, satire, silencsons, speculate, speculations, teaching

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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, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

tags: action, design, happiness, intent, life, motivation, plan

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