"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
I used to think that this old proverb meant that the road to hell was paved with broken promises. But now I understand that the proverb may mean something else.
That the road to hell is paved with good intentions refers to the good intentions of men and women that act on them and find that their actions do not spring from pure motives and, consequently, the results of such actions are often hellish.
In truth, it is not uncommon that such actions spring from a lust for power and a desire for glory rather than from virtue and a genuine humility.
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