The road to hell is paved with good intentions

... You may be well on your way to a burning fire.

In the case of religion (Christianity), our intentions are futile. The only way to heaven is through your good actions and not so much the intent.

To add to this proverbial axiom, sometimes our good intetions can cause us to end up in "hellish" situations.

Im reminded of how many times we end up in knee deep trouble due to good intentions.

"I thought he was beating on her so I said something. I didn't mean for him to get hurt." (This is merely an example)

We tend to force our opinions and ideas on others because of what we think is best.

When I think of the war, this quote comes to mind. I may not know the greatest deal about the war that we are currently still fighting but from what I do know, it all seems pretty irrational to me.

President Bush may have "meant well" (alot of you may disagree) however, the fact still remains that thousands upon thousands of men and women have been sent off into foreign lands to meet their demise--- good intentions or not.

Another example, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. A good intention gone wrong. She was only looking out for the environment. How was she to know that her anti- DDT campaign would eventually be the cause of several deaths. How could she have possibly known that DDT actually eliminated the mass killer disease, malaria. (I guess someone forgot to do their research)

Save your good intentions for the people who seek them. If he's not hungry, don't feed him. If its not broken, don't try to fix it.