Intend

Famous quotes containing the word intend:

“Here I sit down to form characters. One I intend to be all goodness; All goodness he is. Another I intend to be all gravity; All gravity he is. Another Lady Gish; All Lady Gish she is. I am all the while absorbed in the character. It is not fair to say—I, identically I, am anywhere, while I keep within the character.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“That is Gladstone, the greatest statesman that ever lived. I intend to be a statesman, too.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

“One should never intend to do harm to others, but should always guard against the harm others might do to him.”
—Chinese proverb.