Why or why not?
I don't see how this phrase makes sense - how can doing a good deed result in something negative?
2007-03-07 14:05:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Good deeds with get you to Heaven but good intentions that failed might not.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" is used when a good person tries to do something good and then, if fails and the result is as worth as if the person had tried to do something bad.
2007-03-11 00:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sallie W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quote is suppose to end with intentions (not deeds). That makes all the difference in that if one makes a mistake but has doing good as a motive then he/she would not be on the road to Hell. Ones motive makes all the difference.
2007-03-07 14:36:22 · answer #2 · answered by NeNe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That phrase doesn't make much sense; you're right. The correct quotation does, though:
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
2007-03-07 14:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a Christian saying that means "good works
won't get you to Heaven, lest any man boast."
It's the backbone of the Christian religion, which
is a spin-off of the Jewish faith, which teaches
that innocent bloodshed covers sin.
Early Jews used a lamb.
Christ became the lamb for Christians.
2007-03-07 14:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by kyle.keyes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even when we are doing something good it doesn't always end up great.
2007-03-07 14:16:10 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.. if you do good deeds you should go to heaven
2007-03-07 14:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by TaraKara3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what the motive is.
2007-03-07 14:13:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋