Good intentions -- how much do they mean to you?

[*Deidre*]

The opposite of good intentions isn't necessarily bad intentions, IMO. Rather, I think if someone ''only'' has good intentions, but doesn't act on them...who cares? If someone has a ton of money for example and they had good intentions to help out the homeless, but they didn't...their intentions while good, didn't really matter in the end. It can also be a way for people to never act on it, and just say...''well, you know I had good intentions, riiiiight?'' lol

I understand the point of the OP, but good intentions by themselves aren't enough.

I agree. I would say though that malicious intentions are one of the most horrific things in this world if truly malicious enough because the malicious person has no interest in improving. Also someone with good intentions can be trusted to be honest at least.

It's like the difference between being honestly mistaken about important information and repeated manipulative lying about important information. An honest person is a trustworthy person. They might not be reliable, but they're trustworthy... they aren't going to go out of their way to manipulate you repeatedly with no chance of improvement.

I value my honesty and my intentions very much and I value the honesty and intentions of other honest people very much too.

lol Of course bad intentions are well...bad. But, what I'm saying is ''intentions'' in and of themselves, are not enough in general. The end result of someone's actions, and how they treat you, is better to observe, than someone having ''good intentions.'' I've known people who say they have good intentions, but they did a lot of 'bad' things. Some people I think, use the phrase as an excuse. Not sure if this makes sense.