Intentional Living Quotes & Sayings

Impact is never about knowing all the steps ahead, but about taking one intentional step after the other. — Bidemi Mark-Mordi

What we believe about something often creates the outcome we experience. — Michael Hyatt

Our lives are shaped by the questions we ask. Good questions lead to good outcomes. Bad questions lead to bad outcomes. — Michael Hyatt

People rarely get more of anything until they have learned to be grateful for what they already have. — Michael Hyatt

Goals and dreams are not purposed to please others. I'd rather be the jester who adds value to those around me than a King with no vision or intention of making a difference. — Janna Cachola

Without a clear destination in view, the challenges on the journey seem pointless. — Michael Hyatt

Do whatever it takes to increase your sensitivity to the little things in life you wouldn't otherwise notice, much less savor, if your autopilot setting is hurry. You've got to power down frequently enough to enjoy the effects of intentional living. — Tsh Oxenreider

How we lead ourselves in life impacts how we lead those around us. — Michael Hyatt

When we have clarity on our destination and are grounded in our current reality, we are equipped to make the best decisions possible. — Michael Hyatt

You can't improve what you won't face and own. — Michael Hyatt

Friendship evangelism is great, but it does not enable the gospel to travel beyond our social networks, unless there are intentional attempts to build friendships with people who are not like us. John Mark Hobbins of London City Mission says, 'Many people live in networks which take precedence over their address, and many churches have grown because of this. But the reality for many people living in social housing or in cheaper housing is that their address is very likely to define their daily life. — Tim Chester

To intentionally pass on opportunity is to intentionally pass on living. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Some [intentional communities], like the Shakers and the Harmony Society, have endured for a century or even longer. The Hutterians, to cite an extreme example, are today still strongly committed to communal living after practicing it, punctuated only by occasional lapses into private enterprise, for 450 years. The Hutterian rate of membership turnover has been only about 0.0006 per year. — Benjamin Zablocki

Resistance is Feudal. — Ewan LILLICII

Intentional living will eradicate the need of excuse as well as the constant submission to distraction. Allow yourself to "become wealthy in self-significance!" Allow yourself to become enriched in Spirit. Remember, there is no trouble. Trouble is "created" and established when we "see ourselves inferior" to what we are facing. When we lack power, we lack movement! When we lack hope, we lack momentum! Trouble will disappear "as soon as our Mindset becomes enriched!" When we can afford to see things clearly, without depression or self-doubt, we have awakened our new heart! — Undrai Fizer

Your environment plays a key factor in living a fulfilled life. In order to bear fruit, gain fulfillment, and meet fruition, you must intentionally create an environment that will sustain you. — Farshad Asl

You can't change the past, but all of us have the power to change the future. — Michael Hyatt

We can't improve what we don't assess. — Michael Hyatt

I found that those friends of mine who welcomed the unseen into the realm of their seen offered immediate understanding. Some are Christians, some are not. Most are artists of some kind or other; artistry can extend to a way of being, of living lovingly in this world. Many seem to have almost a spiritual affinity for the unmarked trail, armed only with True North. ["Leap With Faith" Blogpost By Carolyn Weber - July 27, 2011] — Carolyn Weber

What get's scheduled gets done. — Michael Hyatt

Intentional living is the bridge to significance. At the end of every year, I take time out to reflect and evaluate the events of the previous year - what went well and what needed improvement. From that inventory, I lay out my next year - how I intend to live, make the best use of time and maximize adding value to others. Success asks, 'How can I add value to myself?' Significance asks, 'How can I add value to others?' It is your intention that lends itself to significance. — John C. Maxwell

Having priorities is essential. So is having them in the right order. — Michael Hyatt

forgiveness. It is not in denying the hopeless days that take place when others reject us or turn on us. It is not in minimizing the pain we experience at the hands of those who seem bent on ruining our lives. People turn on people. They betray one another. Crass unkindness, vicious plottings, horrible and intentional antagonisms are shown, and calling it a hopeless day hardly describes the extended season of struggle that many of us face at times. But there is a lesson at Calvary. Forgive everyone - anyone - whom you think has failed you, hurt you, offended you. If you think they've done anything to ruin your day, ruin your life, ruin your opportunities, ruin your dreams, or block your goals - forgive them. Forgiving others is the key to living in the liberty of the freeing forgiveness Jesus has given us, and it's the first step toward finding hope for a hopeless day, not to mention opening the door to new days unimagined. — Jack W. Hayford

So many of us have settled for what is, rather than what could be. — Michael Hyatt

The more belief and confidence we feel toward achieving our goal, the higher the probability of our making the changes required to hit our targets. — Michael Hyatt

Whatever the goal, small, daily investments can bring big results. — Michael Hyatt

In life, you often get what you expect. — Michael Hyatt

Once you become delivered, you have to find your calling and how to discover God's purpose for your life — Sunday Adelaja

The wise know their days are numbered and act accordingly. — Michael Hyatt

Make your life a meaningful one — Sunday Adelaja

Product must be intentional — Sunday Adelaja

You get what you focus on. What we see ahead impacts the actions we take right now. How we live and lead is directly connected to what we see. — Michael Hyatt

You need to see a future with such clarity and desirability that you will go through all the uncomfortable things like throws at you to attain it. — Michael Hyatt

We weren't living the way we wanted because we weren't making the choices it required. Like so many in our generation of thirtysomething parents, we spoke of a slower, more intentional life, but we expected it to just happen. — Tsh Oxenreider

It was about more fully inhabiting the life I have, not creating a new one. — Patti Digh

You can't get where you want to go unless you start with where you are. — Michael Hyatt

Unless we take the time to regain our perspective and face the reality that life is short, we risk arriving at a destination we didn't choose - or at least one we wouldn't prefer. — Michael Hyatt

You must create more margin so you have room for what's important, not merely urgent. — Michael Hyatt

You have been given a gift - your life. What will you do with it? — Michael Hyatt

What do I wish I could be doing if money or status were not an issue? — Michael Hyatt

Accept the good, however big or small, with no strings attached. — Charles F. Glassman

We have more control than most of us realize. Each day is filled with thousands of opportunities to change the story of our lives. — Michael Hyatt

You are in a much better position to serve others when your basic needs are met and your "tank is full". — Michael Hyatt

In planning anything, the best place to begin is at the end. What outcome do you want? How do you want the story to end? How do you want to be remembered when you are gone? — Michael Hyatt

...go live happily alone requires a serious amount of intentional thought. It's not as simple as signing the lease on your own apartment and leaving it at that. You must figure out what you need to feel comfortable at home and in the world, no matter your means (indeed, staying within your means), and arrange your life accordingly--a metaphorical architecture. — Kate Bolick

Intentionality fuels the master's journey. Every master is a master of vision. — George Leonard

While you can't control everything, you can control more than you think, and you can live your life with a plan that will dramatically improve your chances of ending up at a destination you choose. — Michael Hyatt

Don't just do it once. Remember that every day is a "No Excuses" day. It is not enough to have the "No Excuses" mindset every once in awhile. — Farshad Asl

Many times busyness is often mistakenly equated with productivity. But those words are not synonymous. Just because we're spinning our wheels, rushing from one commitment to the next, doesn't necessarily mean that we are doing anything worthwhile. — Crystal Paine

Good habits and intentional daily effort to turn excuses into solutions will help you become the person and entrepreneur that you want to be. — Farshad Asl

Live in the moment ... but don't be led by the moment, or the people who belong to it. — J. Aleksandr Wootton

Gratitude is where every positive attitude starts. — Michael Hyatt

the question of whether the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt was an actual event or merely part of myth and legend also remains unanswered at the moment .. alternative explanations of the Exodus story might be correct. They include the possibility that the Israelites took advantage of the havoc caused by the Sea Peoples in Canaan to move in and take control of the region; that the Israelites were actually part of the larger group of Canaanites already living in the land; or that the Israelites had migrated peacefully into the region over the course of centuries .. the Exodus story was probably made up centuries later, as several scholars have suggested. In the meantime, it will be best to remain aware of the potential for fraud, for many disreputable claims have already been made about events, peoples, places, and things connected with the Exodus. Undoubtedly more misinformation, whether intentional or not, will be forthcoming in the future. — Eric H. Cline

If you don't have a plan for your life, someone else does. — Michael Hyatt

When you get right down to it, intentional living is about living your best story. — John C. Maxwell

the heart of care is empathy, a feeling and enactment of intentional regard for the well-being of others and by extension the support systems (e.g., universal health care and a living wage) that insure well-being. — Donna King

When your intentions are pure, so too will be your success. — Charles F. Glassman

Living with intention means saying no to the things that aren't important to us so we can say yes to what matters most. — Crystal Paine

How we live as leaders matters. — Michael Hyatt

Our decisions are the one thing we can control. Today's the day to make those choices really count. — Michael Hyatt

Empowerment is the intentional absence of negativity. — Stephanie Lennox

Making appointments with yourself and scheduling other things around them is key to proactive self-management. — Michael Hyatt

The busier you are, the more intentional you must be. — Michael Hyatt

There are many forms of poverty: economic poverty, physical poverty, emotional poverty, mental poverty, and spiritual poverty. As long as we relate primarily to each other's wealth, health, stability, intelligence, and soul strength, we cannot develop true community. Community is not a talent show in which we dazzle the world with our combined gifts. Community is the place where our poverty is acknowledged and accepted, not as something we have to learn to cope with as best as we can but as a true source of new life.
Living community in whatever form - family, parish, twelve-step program, or intentional community - challenges us to come together at the place of our poverty, believing that there we can reveal our richness. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Anything worthwhile is opposed. — Michael Hyatt

Having clarity on where you want to go is one of the most critical components of your life. — Michael Hyatt

One lives in the very present moment; lives intently. There is no urge to be doing: being is the highest good. — Patrick O'Brian

Life is too short not to start something stupid. — Richie Norton

Leadership is the art of intentional living. — Farshad Asl

Until we make the unconscious conscious, we will be dictated by it and call it fate. — Jerry Colonna

Those who feel satisfied with their personal lives are more satisfied with their careers and perform better. — Michael Hyatt

When employees are working to attain passion and progress in every area of life, the are less likely to be cynical or apathetic. — Michael Hyatt

When we are gone, the only essential thing we will leave behind are the memories we create in the lives of those we have touched and those we love. — Michael Hyatt

You can do almost anything if you are willing to clarify your commitments and make incremental investments over time to achieve them. — Michael Hyatt

The secret to staying atop your priorities is to schooled regular times for review and reflection. — Michael Hyatt

One's personal life and work are inseparable. — Michael Hyatt

Some of the greatest insights we have ever experienced were those we least expected. — Michael Hyatt

God is more interested in restoring our hearts to Him, than giving us a happy marriage. — Ngina Otiende

When you rise to the challenge of adventurous living, your days will be richer and your soul will be fuller. There will be more risks, more dares, and more obstacles. And in return, there will be more memories that started out as dreams. Adventure doesn't happen by accident. It has to be intentional. — Mark Batterson

Balance only happens in dynamic tension. Balance is giving not equal but appropriate attention to each of the various categories of your life. — Michael Hyatt

Live your everyday extraordinary! — Charles F. Glassman

Faith is not the belief that everything will be all right tomorrow, but the belief that I possess the strength to make everything all right today. — Charles F. Glassman

It takes definitive action to see positive gains. — Michael Hyatt

There is not point keeping up with the Joneses if they're going someplace you don't want to go. — Michael Hyatt

It is intent which establishes one's consequential outcomes. — T.F. Hodge

A plan is worthless unless you review it on a regular basis. — Michael Hyatt

By keeping the truly important things front and center, we often get the perspective we need to make better decisions. — Michael Hyatt

(Ezekial saw the wheel
(Way up in the middle of the air
(O Ezekial saw the wheel
(Way in the middle of the air!
(Now the big wheel runs by faith
(And the little wheel runs by the grace of God
(The above made up by professional hope experts, you might say, because willful, voluntary, intentional hope was the only kind they had in anything like long supply. Faith is not, contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet; it's an act, an intention, a project, something that makes you, in leaping into the future, go so far, far, far ahead that you shoot clean out of Time and right into Eternity, which is not the end of time or a whole lot of time or unending time, but timelessness, that old Eternal Now. So that you end up living not in the future ((in your intentional "act of faith")) but in the present. After all.
(Courage is willful hope.) — Joanna Russ

Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others' choices make us. — Richie Norton

What could be a better use of your time than establishing a game plan for your life? — Michael Hyatt

Events in one area of our lives cascade into every other area. — Michael Hyatt

The longer you delay in seizing the treasure, the more likely you'll lose it. The time to act is now. — Michael Hyatt

You can't take care of anyone else unless you first take care of yourself. — Michael Hyatt