John Doolittle

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.

American Politician

Xenophon

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.

Greek Soldier

Zelda Williams

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.

American Actress

Helena Blavatsky

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.

Russian Author

Emile Galle

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.

French Artist

Rivers Cuomo

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.

American Musician

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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.

American Philosopher

Joe Thomas

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.

English Actor

Yann Martel

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.

Canadian Author

Eyvind Johnson

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.

Swedish Author

Indicates a person's ability to control or influence their life outcomes.

Personal Empowerment

Used when actions are taken without external pressure or obligation.

Self-chosen Action

Carries no emotional weight; just states the fact of choice.

Emotional Neutrality

Used to stress that a decision was made consciously and intentionally.

Deliberate Choice

Emphasizes that the choice is a commitment coming from personal conviction.

Internal Commitment

Shows a strong sense of purpose and resolution in making a choice.

Willful Determination

 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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 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

Volition