These seem nebulous thoughts.

I find this a bit too simplistic. We constantly could carry out acts of material kindness that would bring us to material ruin, while not achieving much in the way of generally inspiring excellence. We could dedicate ourselves, on the other hand, to bringing reforms that would create a kinder reality for people, in general, if we had such an intention and were committed to achieving it. An unsupported intention practically is nothing more than an idea. An unfulfilled intention that receives great effort in its support is probably better than any individual act of kindness.