Intentions

Famous quotes containing the word intentions:

“... if we look around us in social life and note down who are the faithful wives, the most patient and careful mothers, the most exemplary housekeepers, the model sisters, the wisest philanthropists, and the women of the most social influence, we will have to admit that most frequently they are women of cultivated minds, without which even warm hearts and good intentions are but partial influences.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)

“Good intentions are met with good recompense.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Good intentions are not enough. They’ve never put an onion in the soup yet.”
—Sonya Levien (1895–1960)