Intentional Behavior Quotes

I do a lot of things for effect, which is not to say I am superficial, but that I know how to put ideas across.

Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.

Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.

MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.

Anything I do, I always have a reason for.

There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze. . . Such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity. . . All of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives.

In the south there's a difference between 'Naked' and 'Nekkid.' 'Naked' means you don't have any clothes on. 'Nekkid' means you don't have any clothes on and you're up to somethin'.

Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.

To live consciously means to seek to be aware of everything that bears on our actions, purposes, values, and goals—to the best of our ability, whatever that ability may be—and to behave in accordance with that which we see and know.

I want people to know that I'm not just this crazy person flailing around. A lot of thought goes into what I do.

No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.

Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

I am extremely intentional in making the environment around me playful and loving. I have great skill in that area.

I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. The capacity to create ourselves, based upon this freedom, is inseparable from consciousness or self-awareness. (p. 100)

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

I've've seen some people like this that no matter what happens they've got something cheerful to feel about it. It's not always easy, but if we do it as a deliberate sward of battle rather then thinking 'Well, I'm not really feeling that way and therefore I shouldn't say that I am'. No! Make yourself that way!

When I see an object there is no will; when its sensations are carried to the brain, there comes the reaction, which says "Do this", or "Do not do this", and this state of the ego-substance is what is called will

Not to understand the doer is to have no certain knowledge of what has been done, or why it was undertaken

I'm not an idiot. Everything is calculated that I do.

There's been a thoughtfulness to everything I do. Even the stupidest things I do have some kind of point.

I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.

Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.

Human action is purposeful behavior.

A child might be made to bow every time he met a certain person by pressure on his neck muscles, and bowing would finally become automatic. It would not, however, be an act of recognition or deference on his part, till he did it with a certain end in view - as having a certain meaning.