Sentence examples for one's purpose from inspiring English sources

Concern for humanity after one's death is just one possible way to describe one's purpose on this earth.

Most translations of what follows have Confucius concluding that if parents are not persuaded, one should not oppose them (e.g., Lau, 1979; Slingerland, 2003; Waley, 1938), but it is possible to read the spare and ambiguously worded passage as requiring instead that one not abandon one's purpose in respectfully trying to change one's parents' minds (Legge, 1971).

Aydin soon gets into a series of extended one-on-one conversations with his younger wife Nihal Melisa Sozenn).and divorcee sister Necla (Demet Akbag) over their respective life choices and one's purpose on this earth generally.

Putting on work drag in the morning, or afternoon if it's a really, truly, really hard one, reinstates one's purpose, especially if you get going on that good red lipstick.

One clearly intends to involve the aggressor or oneself in something that furthers one's purpose precisely by way of his being so involved.

America's purpose, every one's purpose in the West, is still painted in the national frame.

Indeed, the latter may provide the more appropriate interpretation, depending on one's purposes (Heal 1998, pp. 101-102).

A taxonomy of theories of blame could be organized along a number of different dimensions, depending on one's purposes.

He holds that there are many possible ways to classify the world each of which might be particularly useful depending on one's purposes.

"It ended up serving no one's purposes very well".

Belonging to a group and having a role in that group can have a powerful influence on one's sense of purpose [ 47].