True Intention Quotes

Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.

When people give you their stated reason for doing something always assume they are giving you a reason that sounds good, but not the real reason.

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.

A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every thought of people.

Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

Seeking Heaven through righteousness is not seeking righteousness, but something else;--it is not loving goodness for goodness' sake, but for its rewards.

There are many ways to push for much-needed reforms: One way is to make a donation. It doesn't matter much whether you contribute publicly or in a private way - either way is good. What matters is your true intention.

No person writes to win awards.

I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere. I thank you again and again for the honour you have done me in your proposals, but to accept them is absolutely impossible. My feelings in every respect forbid it. Can I speak plainer? Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

Is the work of sun worshippers to honor those who think they can see the sun? Or to worship the sun?

To will and not to do when there is opportunity is in reality not to will; and to love what is good and not to do it, when it is possible, is in reality not to love it

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.

I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op.

Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.

Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

The different part of writing and singing worship lies in the identity and truth of God's Word and true intention for us as His followers on this Earth.

When you hear somebody say, 'This is not about sex' - it's about sex.

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

I feel that everything has to come from the heart, and it cannot come from the intellect.