It is melancholy to reflect that Mankind has suffered more from ill judged philanthropy than [from] calculated malice. The road to Hell is no less harrowing for being paved with good intentions.
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Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard boiled egg.
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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
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It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.
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The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
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History is a better guide than good intentions.
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Maybe intentions are the lies in the dark we tell ourselves when who we are falls short of the mark and when we destroy our neighbor we can say 'I never meant any harm.'
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Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
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Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers.
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One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart.
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There are no accidents without intentions.
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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
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I would like to advise all the dear brothers and sisters and also myself to observe piety and virtue and to be watchful of ourselves in our words, deeds, thoughts and intentions.
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Advice is judged by results, not by intentions
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A horrid alcoholic explosion scatters all my good intentions like bits of limbs and clothes over the doorsteps and into the saloon bars of the tawdriest pubs
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Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges. Were all ethical in our own eyes. Although we are usually judged by our last worst act, we usually judge ourselves by our most noble deeds, our best intentions and our most virtuous traits. Character is not a fancy coat we put on for show, its who we really are.
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Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.
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Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men
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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.
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God is the name by which I designate all things which cross my path violently and recklessly, all things which alter my plans and intentions, and change the course of my life, for better or for worse.
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Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them
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Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones
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