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Deliberately Quotes

Words on acting with purpose and intention

These deliberately quotes celebrate the idea of doing things on purpose, even something as small as a slow, deliberate gesture meant to build trust. Others turn to bigger choices made carefully rather than by accident, shaping a better Life.

The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river,...

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that have tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely as a result of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts.

Quotes by Yemi Osinbajo

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average person.

Quotes by William Inge

To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift Jews, slacker Japanese and so on.

Quotes by Will Self

Down Quotes

If you want to freak your cat out, stare at your cat. If you want to reassure your cat, stare at your cat, then very deliberately and very slowly blink. Like that. The cat will also deliberately, slowly blink back...

Quotes by Walter Murch

Apple very deliberately - and this was very much Steve Jobs' point of view - Apple has concentrated its cloud efforts on being invisible. So in other words, stuff just would sync and appear. You change your contacts on one...

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.

Quotes by Vladimir Putin

And I think within the pages of The Betrayal of America I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.

Quotes by Vincent Bugliosi

Within the pages of The Betrayal of America I prove that these justices were absolutely up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.

Quotes by Vincent Bugliosi

Good Quotes

I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.

Quotes by Vincent Bugliosi

I wouldn't deliberately go and buy something that one would categorise as an extravagant thing.

Quotes by Trudie Styler

Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.

Quotes by Tony Robbins

In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their passion, and we wanted to make use of all the talent that we have in-house.

Quotes by Tony Fernandes

It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to preserve the rule of law find other ways to speak about real terrorist threats, and certainly do not...

Quotes by Timothy D. Snyder

Life Quotes

I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight people, for people not into leather, so that people could see what it was all about.

Quotes by Thom Gunn

I deliberately wrote a poem in my last book where I was suggesting that there are other passions as great as or more important than the passion of sex.

Quotes by Thom Gunn

There are a lot of misconceptions regarding the Bush tax cuts, all of them deliberately propagated by none other than President Obama and his pals. The biggest lie of them all is that these tax cuts will only affect the...

Quotes by Steven Crowder

I know so many acting careers that are deliberately kickstarted by a publicist placing a bit of rubbish in a newspaper. And I don't want that. If someone recognises me, I want it to be because they've seen me in...

Quotes by Sophia Myles

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

Quotes by Simon Sinek

Me Quotes

I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.

Quotes by Siegfried Sassoon

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme of this Deliberately quotes collection?
This page collects quotes that turn on the word deliberately — doing something with clear intention, whether it's a small gesture like a cat's slow blink or a large-scale choice about how a nation builds itself. It's a mix of everyday observation and political commentary. For more on intentional action generally, Good touches similar ground.
Why do people search for quotes using the word deliberately?
Readers often want these quotes when they're making a point about intention versus accident — showing that something was a conscious choice, not a mistake. Others are drawn to the specific, memorable examples, like the cat-blinking quote, that make the word feel concrete. It's a niche but versatile topic, related to Life for readers interested in intentional living.
The quotes about statehood and ethnic tensions sound political — how should I read them?
Those quotes reflect the speakers' own commentary on authoritarianism framing and nation-building, offered here as neutral political observation rather than a factual verdict on any specific country. They're included to show how deliberately gets used in serious, high-stakes contexts, not just casual ones. Readers can weigh them as opinion rather than settled fact.
Is there a lighter, more relatable quote in this set?
Yes — the quote about slowly blinking at a cat on purpose to reassure it is a charming, low-stakes example of doing something with intention. It's the kind of quote that works well as a caption for a pet photo or just a moment of everyday mindfulness. Its specificity is what makes it memorable.
What's the benefit of reading the whole Deliberately collection together?
Seeing these quotes side by side shows just how wide a single word can stretch, from a private gesture toward a pet to public statements about how nations are built. That range makes it easier to find a quote that fits your own point, whatever the scale. For more on quiet, intentional choices, Me and Down offer related reading.

A few also touch on how deliberate effort is sometimes misread by others. For more on purposeful living, see our Good quotes collection.