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His intentions were good." He kissed the top of her head. "Don't ever trust men with good intentions. They'll always disappoint you. — Lisa Kleypas

When you do something with all your heart and good intentions the small life turns magical. — Bella Meraki

In this toxic atmosphere, good intentions are eroding like the noses of stone gargoyles on cathedral peaks. — Peter Matthiessen

All bad art is the result of good intentions. — Oscar Wilde

why man found himself driven to wrongdoing in spite of good intentions, Krishna replied, Because of anger and desire, our two direst enemies. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The tendency of the UN and its major supporters is to think good intentions and mild to rampant corruption are as good as actual results. — John Hamill

There are no scores for good intention, it either happened or it didn't. Get to work. — Maria Kang

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions — Daniel Webster

One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions. — Cindy Woodsmall

It is quite normal to see good intentions, when not carried out with moderation, urging men to actions which are truly vicious. — Michel De Montaigne

I had lots of good intentions but I wasted them on people who didn't deserve them ... — Bellamkonda Avinash Babu

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse.
I suspect people of having good intentions. — Jose N. Harris

I had good intentions once upon a time. Well, September. — Claire Hennessy

What they have to say about themselves makes me think that there is a lot of ill-directed good in them. — Flannery O'Connor

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation. — Joe Paterno

The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand. — Alexandra Bracken

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth. — Anne Bronte

Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy. — Gen Urobuchi

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all. — Oscar Wilde

Do not imagine that the good you intend will balance the evil you perform — Norman Mac Donald

Good intentions are ubiquitous in politics; what is scarce is accurate beliefs. — Bryan Caplan

Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do. — Michael Josephson

Most of the bad situations I've encountered began with the best of intentions. — John Connolly

My road to hell isn't paved with good intentions - or bad - it's just my road. — Rainbow Rowell

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion. — Narendra Modi

Touched by an act of kindness, be kind to others. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The purest regret, no matter what, is thinking you didn't love enough. — Criss Jami

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives. — Timothy Ferriss

I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic. — Warren Christopher

Live in peace with all mankind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength. — John F. Kennedy

If your environment is stacked against you, you will use up your strong drive for self-control, and despite good intentions, your efforts may fail. — Paul Rosman

To know the good from the bad, measure the heart. Actions reveal the true coloring of one's heart, not their intentions. — Suzy Kassem

Good intentions are the best business. — Debasish Mridha

Nothing shatters the reality of our good intentions like reality. — Tawni O'Dell

Curing America's racial pathology couldn't be done with good intentions or presidential elections. — Mat Johnson

Hell is paved with good intentions. — Samuel Johnson

In the unfixables of our lives we are invited to keep company with Jesus and take a risk that God's intentions toward us are good. — Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

Betrayal dressed in love and trimmed with the facade of good intentions is the most barbaric of all betrayals. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The single largest pool of untapped resource in this world is human good intentions that never translate into action — Cindy Gallop

Theodora usually found that her good intentions matured too late for practical results. — Edith Wharton

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude, — Jean Chretien

You know how they say the path to hell is paved with good intentions? Well, maybe the path to heaven is paved with bad ones. — Jake Coburn

If your intentions are good, nothing bad can happen. — Debasish Mridha

To do good is a divine grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Crying babies are like good intentions: Both should be carried out immediately! — Brigham Young

Others declare good intentions — Jonathan Kellerman

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions. — Robert Breault

I have good intentions, but ... But what? But all the time I fail. I hurt the ones I love. — Blake Crouch

If God had good intentions, he would have rewarded the sex. — M.F. Moonzajer

Artists, no matter how good their intentions, are always slower than they think. — Mark Millar

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. — John Dewey

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. — Milton Friedman

Their intentions may be good, but their judgment isn't. — Claudia Gray

I knew I was treading on thin ice. Criticism of anyone's art, no matter how good the intentions, could be risky business. — Emma Scott

How could something that started out with such good intentions end so badly? — Chris Saunders

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

They say money is the rude of all evil, however I know poor people that can quite fit the bill. — Anthony Liccione

Good intentions are useless in the absence of common sense. - JAMI, BAHARISTAN — Gurcharan Das

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. — Robert Southey

Holy books are an insult to a God with good intentions. — Dejan Stojanovic

He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance. — Graham Greene

Good intentions can be evil, both hands are full of grease. You know, sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace. — Bob Dylan

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence. — Jeffrey Goldberg

Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness. — Emily Thorne

Despite good intentions, the result is troubling: Feeding the Beast becomes the central focus. — Ed Catmull

Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good. — Mark Twain

People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Forget public service. We all come here with good intentions, but as time passes, it becomes all about self-service and selfish survival. — Congressman X

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success. — Napoleon Hill

Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention. — Peter Drucker

It's not enough that we voice good intentions. We must back them with action. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

And yet,from the air you think her peaceful and unflustered. On the ground is a place tangled with good intentions and a tyrannical will to live. — Miguel Syjuco

Hate will destroy you. Let love be the basis of which you live your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences — Alija Izetbegovic

Stay aligned with your intentions and your good will find you. — Alan Cohen

All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else's poor decision making. — Joshua Ferris

My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions. — Madonna Ciccone

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Sometimes you just have to let people escape with their good intentions intact. — Claudio Sanchez

Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive. — Charles R. Swindoll

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word. — Tom Selleck

Good intentions are no substitute for obedience. — Norman Vincent Peale

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action! — Napoleon Hill

Kindness is goodness hidden in the heart
More often than declared in speech. — William Kean Seymour

We have a choice every day - to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets. — Robert Breault

To keep on receiving, you must keep giving. — Lailah Gifty Akita

People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

When Christ is not at the center, all of our good intentions are swallowed up by selfishness. — Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

While evidence says that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, they're probably all on first steps. — Terry Pratchett

Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond. — Ken Blanchard

Do any of us know how we're actually doing? Whether or not all the hard work and good intentions are paying off? — Cheryl Heller

If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions. — Craig Groeschel

I might be one of the most flamboyant characters New Zealand has ever seen, but my intentions are good, and I would like to see New Zealand flourish. — Kim Dotcom

Everyone is good at heart. We all do things with the greatest of intentions and most of the time we do it for selfish reasons. Myself included. — Celia Mcmahon

The intentions of record companies are not good, from the musician's perspective. — Melissa Auf Der Maur

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them. — Aldous Huxley