(1294 quotes found)
“When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.”
Otto von Bismarck
“A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.”
Jonathan Swift
“Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.”
Adolf Hitler
“Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It to the soil and the seasons whether He or any other gather they fruit”
William Temple Sr.
“When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.”
“One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy'' is not included in the plan of ''Creation.''”
Sigmund Freud
“I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.”
Casey Stengel
“It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.”
Chuck Berry
“It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.”
Walt Kelly
“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
