Intention

The best-laid schemes o mice an men
Gang aft agley. – Robert Burns

Image creates desire. You will what you imagine. – J. G. Gallimore

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. – George Herbert

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

He means well is useless unless he does well. – Plautus

Hell is paved with good intentions. – John Ray

Hell is full of good intentions or desires. – St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions. – Ben Stein