Intent
Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
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Intent Quotations
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Buddha
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Lao Tzu
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
William Blake
My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
Ulysses S. Grant
I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.
Elizabeth Bowen
What is the quality of your intent?
Thurgood Marshall
It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.
Duke Ellington
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
William Law
I've been on the road for fifteen years and I had no intent to stop.
Bon Scott
In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
Margaret J. Wheatley
Intent Translations
intent in Norwegian is spent, anspent
intent in Spanish is intento
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