When you say that you agree with a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. Otto von Bismarck
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. Cicero
Promises and good intentions are not enough. We cannot afford rash experimentation. Calvin Coolidge
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Peter Drucker
There is no art when one does something without intention. Duke Ellington
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Milton Friedman
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it’s a pretty good detour. Hubert Humphrey
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. Douglas Adams