Sentence examples for ruling oneself from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the erosion of men's exclusive status as breadwinners and heads of households also figures in: when one no longer "rules the household," there may be less motivation for or satisfaction in "ruling oneself".

Instead, he takes the view that to hand over one's general right of ruling oneself to another person or body constitutes a form a slavery, and that to recognize such an authority would amount to an abdication of moral agency.

Caring for the right sorts of things in the right way, ruling or regulating oneself and (when appropriate) others, and deliberating about how to act are not just necessary, but central aspects of living a human life, and all of these things can be done well or badly.

When ruling out ideas, it is important to hold oneself to a high standard.

Only when putting oneself in the shoes of those ruling from the Kremlin one may understand why Russia acts the way it did and does: In Georgia 2008, in Crimea and Ukraine since 2014.

Because the Supreme Court has been explicit in ruling that privacy is a central reason for Fourth Amendment protection, privacy as control over information about oneself has come to be viewed by many as also including protection against unwarranted searches, eavesdropping, surveillance, and appropriation and misuses of one's communications.

A New York appeals court essentially agreed last year, ruling that the state's responsibility ends after providing students with the skills needed to "get a job, and support oneself, and thereby not be a charge" on the public dole.

But defending oneself does not mean exploiting others or ruling unruly.

The process, whereby rational efforts are made by the jurist to arrive at an appropriate ruling, when applied is called ijtihad (literally meaning "exerting oneself").

The ruling aligned with what Orihuela prescribed in her article, holding that mental incompetence does not necessarily equate with dangerousness to oneself or to other individuals.

Religion means understanding oneself.