one's own will
Example Sentences
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Via Zoom, a minister prompted Mikayla to look in a mirror to reflect on self-empowerment and recite: “One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
But because of the transforming nature of forgiveness, coupled with the experience that it involves more than one’s own will, we concluded that it has a spiritual dimension.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2015
The key and the secret of all noble life is to yield up one's own will, to sacrifice oneself.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander
To grant nothing to duty or the law, to be guided entirely by one's own will, retaining perfect independence—what could be more attractive, more honorable?
From Letters of Two Brides by Balzac, Honoré de
"So will I," said Mr. C. "How good it is to be convinced, and to give up one's own will; is it not?"
From Bertha and Her Baptism by Adams, Nehemiah
