INTENTION

Related Subjects: End, Motive, Purpose, Will

1. Stain not fair acts with foul intentions.—SIR THOMAS BROWNE, Christian Morals
   

2. A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.—EMERSON, Conduct of Life
   

3. Hell is paved with good intentions.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life
   

4. One often sees good intentions, if pushed beyond moderation, bring about very vicious results.—MONTAIGNE, Essays
   

5. "He means well" is useless unless he does well.—PLAUTUS, Trinummus
   

6. Man punishes the action, but God the intention.—Proverb
   

7. We will take the good will for the deed.—RABELAIS
   

8. All men mean well.—BERNARD SHAW, Maxims for Revolutionists