Volition
noun
The power to make your own choices or decisions.
She left her job of her own volition, nobody forced her.
Often appears as...
- own volition
- free volition
noun
A decision or choice made by the will.
His daily gym routine was a volition to stay healthy.
Often appears as...
- make a volition
- act of volition
noun
The power to make your own choices or decisions.
She left her job of her own volition, nobody forced her.
Often appears as...
- own volition
- free volition
noun
A decision or choice made by the will.
His daily gym routine was a volition to stay healthy.
Often appears as...
- make a volition
- act of volition
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Empowerment
Indicates a person's ability to control or influence their life outcomes.
He joined the army of his own volition, seeking adventure.
Pro Tip 2/3Self-chosen Action
Used when actions are taken without external pressure or obligation.
She took up painting by her own volition, not because it was required.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Neutrality
Carries no emotional weight; just states the fact of choice.
They moved to another country out of free volition, simply desiring change.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Empowerment
Indicates a person's ability to control or influence their life outcomes.
He joined the army of his own volition, seeking adventure.
Pro Tip 2/3Self-chosen Action
Used when actions are taken without external pressure or obligation.
She took up painting by her own volition, not because it was required.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Neutrality
Carries no emotional weight; just states the fact of choice.
They moved to another country out of free volition, simply desiring change.
Pro Tip 1/3Personal Empowerment
Indicates a person's ability to control or influence their life outcomes.
He joined the army of his own volition, seeking adventure.
Pro Tip 2/3Self-chosen Action
Used when actions are taken without external pressure or obligation.
She took up painting by her own volition, not because it was required.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Neutrality
Carries no emotional weight; just states the fact of choice.
They moved to another country out of free volition, simply desiring change.
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How to Raise Successful...
And more importantly, if their childhood has not been lived according to a tyrannical checklist then when they get to college, whichever one it is, well, they'll have gone there on their own volition,
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Being Wernher von Braun...
went there on our own volition I think in the end though all of mankind benefited by our race leaving our troubled wartime past behind
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How to Raise Successful...
And more importantly, if their childhood has not been lived according to a tyrannical checklist then when they get to college, whichever one it is, well, they'll have gone there on their own volition,
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Being Wernher von Braun...
went there on our own volition I think in the end though all of mankind benefited by our race leaving our troubled wartime past behind
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John Doolittle
American Politician
The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.
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Xenophon
Greek Soldier
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
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Zelda Williams
American Actress
Whether by my own volition or otherwise, I was given a year-and-a-half break after Dad passed. It was kind of like an elephant in the room, and everyone was giving me space, whether I wanted it or not.
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Helena Blavatsky
Russian Author
We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling or emotion, will or volition, and thought or mind.
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Emile Galle
French Artist
Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
I just gotta keep reminding myself: Every time I do an interview or something, my volition really has to be just to serve, to help people. Not to feel like I'm important.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
As we are, so we associate. The good, by affinity, seek the good; the vile, by affinity, the vile. Thus of their own volition, souls proceed into Heaven, into Hell.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
I can hardly think of any players that have really walked out of their own volition while there were still teams that really wanted them at a fair price.
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Yann Martel
Canadian Author
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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Eyvind Johnson
Swedish Author
And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.
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John Doolittle
American Politician
The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.
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Xenophon
Greek Soldier
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
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Zelda Williams
American Actress
Whether by my own volition or otherwise, I was given a year-and-a-half break after Dad passed. It was kind of like an elephant in the room, and everyone was giving me space, whether I wanted it or not.
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Helena Blavatsky
Russian Author
We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling or emotion, will or volition, and thought or mind.
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Emile Galle
French Artist
Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
I just gotta keep reminding myself: Every time I do an interview or something, my volition really has to be just to serve, to help people. Not to feel like I'm important.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
As we are, so we associate. The good, by affinity, seek the good; the vile, by affinity, the vile. Thus of their own volition, souls proceed into Heaven, into Hell.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
I can hardly think of any players that have really walked out of their own volition while there were still teams that really wanted them at a fair price.
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Yann Martel
Canadian Author
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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Eyvind Johnson
Swedish Author
And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.
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