(the road to) hell is paved with good intentions
1(the) road to hell is paved with good intentions — the road to hell is paved with good intentions phrase used for saying that people often make a situation much worse when they intended to make it better Thesaurus: to make something worsesynonym Main entry: road * * * the road to ˌhell is paved… …
2the road to hell is paved with good intentions — good intentions achieve nothing without action, actions speak louder... Convert your charitable feelings into action! The road to hell is paved with good intentions! …
3the road to hell is paved with good intentions — ► the road to hell is paved with good intentions proverb promises and plans must be put into action, otherwise they are useless. Main Entry: ↑hell …
4the road to hell is paved with good intentions — Earlier forms of the proverb omit the first three words. Cf. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Letter lxxiv. le proverbe tiré de notre saint Bernard, ‘L’enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs’, the proverb taken from our St. Bernard, ‘Hell is full of… …
5(the) road to hell is paved with good intentions. — something that you say which means people often intend to do good things but much of the time, they do not make the effort to do those things. I kept meaning to visit her but I didn t get round to it. The road to hell is paved with good… …
6road to hell is paved with good intentions — When people say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, they mean that positive intentions may have negative outcomes …
7the road to hell is paved with good intentions — good intentions just aren t enough, actions not intentions determine one s fate …
8the road to hell is paved with good intentions — Meaning Origin Proverbial late sixteenth century. Often wrongly attributed to Samuel Johnson …
9the road to hell is paved with good intentions — used for saying that people often make a situation much worse when they intended to make it better …
10the road to hell is paved with good intentions — proverb promises and plans must be put into action, or else they are useless …
