APAD: The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions

 

Meaning:

Most sources interpret this expression as meaning that good intentions are

worthless unless followed up with action. 

 

Some offer an alternative interpretation: that actions that are taken with good

intent can have unintended negative consequences.

 

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The 2nd interpretation sounds more intuitive to me. Without action, mere

intention, no matter how good, paves nothing.

 

Regardless. The problem seems to be that it's hard to hold onto what is good.

 

As a hard-working immigrant (at least I used to be), I worry that out of a

desire for comfort and ease (read good intentions), I have created a bubble. My

boy was not spoiled but his life was too comfortable. There was no street fights

where we lived, for example. I made it up to him by sending him to martial art

schools where he got crushed and even injured on a regular basis. It was not

exactly the same but the best we could manage.

good intentions are worthless unless followed up with action

thanks 4 sharing ~ ~

Does that mean dreamers only deserve going to the hell?

好心办坏事! Sometimes good suggestion or

good idea can not get good results... Follow your heart, follow the nature, be what you can be is the best way...

Such as smokers' intention to stop smoking...

空想误人。。。君子敏于行。。。好心办坏事。。。无毒不丈夫。。。看语境。

Good to know. Thanks.

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world I know

because I've done it thousands of times.” haha

Whereas the road to heaven is paved with good deeds.

好心办坏事

哈哈哈

My pleasure!

At least one or two of the dreams would enact, I'd hope.

Seems very hard to do real good. Better do no harm first :-)

好心 has to be discerning, which might take too much work.

I thought it was 君子敏于言慎于行。

Heaven is too hard to get to, most people settle for limbo:)

My pleasure. Thanks for reading.

君子sounds very slippery :-)

Hahaha

I have no illustrations about getting there. : )

的确是“讷于言而敏于行”。我专门删掉了“讷于言”。

OK. Thanks. 君子sounds smart, after all :-)

Right.

盛赞“ 君子敏于言慎于行 ”！ 为了理解宽容待人的社会 +100086

Haha, let's do something with bad intentions:))

I do without even trying. Bad to the bone.

The obstacles in the way become the way:)

prompts me to think about repentance and redemption -颤音-

Yes. Confess. Put your trust in the Lord…

I double it. check with a CT scan! :))

you are funny, haha