Quotes of Intent - somelinesforyou

“ A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. ”

- The Holy Bible

“ Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ”

- Washington Irving

“ Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. ”

- Nido Qubein

“ If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. ”

- Laurence J. Peter

“ He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader. ”

- Paul J. Meyer

“ Rapt into still communion that transcendsThe imperfect offices of prayer and praise,His mind was a thanksgiving to the powerThat made him; it was blessedness and love! ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy — it won't come out while you're watching. ”

- Tennessee Williams

“ Goals that are not written down are just wishes. ”

- Unknown

“ If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else. ”

- Unknown

“ One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going. ”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect. ”

- John Fuqua

“ Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness. ”

- Jean Paul

“ We are now concentrating fully on Ireland and this will be a very important match. But on the other hand we should not try to score at any price because we are not obliged to win. ”

- Thierry Henry

“ How quickly nature falls into revolt, when gold becomes her object! ”

- William Shakespeare

“ My purpose in writing has always been to express human potentials and purposes relevant to the Space Age. ”

- William Burroughs

“ In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the important aspects of his life and his goals. He is a giver, not a getter, and a product of two amazing parents. ”

- Wally Goodwin

“ Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Philippians 4:2. ”

- Bible

“ I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much… that I had a hard time painting him. ”

- Norman Rockwell

“ However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing. ”

- Adam Clarke

“ The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider — and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation — persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ The line, broken into moving fragments by the ground, went calmly on through fields and woods. The youth looked at the men nearest him, and saw, for the most part, expressions of deep interest, as if they were investigating something that had fascinated them… ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first. ”

- Robert J. McKain

“ Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level. ”

- Alan Dean Foster

“ The sound shivers through the walls, through the table, through the window frame, and into my finger. These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics. Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat… ”

- Chuck Palahniuk

“ If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. ”

- Brendan Francis

“ Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent. ”

- Aldous Huxley
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