When you engage in systematic, purposeful action, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident abut yourself. From LearnThat.org. [Brian Tracy]
Led a happy purposeful life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He says that Canadians should employ what he calls purposeful spending. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
Could it be that Obama is engaging in "purposeful inaction?". From Wordnik.com. [Obama Speaks of NASA Being Adrift - NASA Watch] Reference
I think 'human thoughts and considerations can be and are purposeful' is one of those assumptions. From Wordnik.com. [Are dem bunny prints?] Reference
She dances, or rather engages in purposeful walking with one big dramatic drop into his arms, and a shirt tug. From Wordnik.com. ['Dancing with the Stars' Week 4: We watch so you don't have to] Reference
Many of us strive for connectedness, and like the idea of purposeful travel. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
So I think you need a new definition of "purposeful". From Wordnik.com. [Bunny and a Book] Reference
If you mean purposeful then say "purposeful". (or teleological). From Wordnik.com. [A New Weapon Against Freedom and ID: Volksverhetzung] Reference
I didn't choose the word 'purposeful', that is how Behe discusses design. From Wordnik.com. [Behe Responds] Reference
This kind of purposeful rattle was called bat tenèb, or beating the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat] Reference
Generally speaking, Brooks has a kind of purposeful myopia when it comes to race. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Palmer: Politics, in Ebony and Ivory] Reference
It's this kind of purposeful life that keeps seniors mentally agile and gives them a reason to stay active. From Wordnik.com. [Rita Altman, R.N.: Aging Tips: 8 Steps to Keeping Aging Brains Active] Reference
But to argue that any mutations are 'purposeful' and. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
These ones are purposeful, meaning they aren't automatic. From Wordnik.com. [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference
"Neurosurgeon used term 'purposeful' in describing the movements.". From Wordnik.com. [KSL / U.S. / National]
A large majority of the incidents leading to concussion were "purposeful," as opposed to "incidental.". From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
When questioned at the time of the December story, Walts stated those trips were "purposeful" and that they. From Wordnik.com. [News for InsideNova.com] Reference
Teachers 'ability to provide strong, focused instruction is supported by "purposeful" professional development. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Jacobs] Reference
But to argue that any mutations are 'purposeful' and 'directed' assumes the very point that you're trying to make. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
How is it that even as they are all very "purposeful," the outcome of their actions reflects none of their intentions?. From Wordnik.com. [Division of Labour] Reference
The most common of the "purposeful" dog-friendly amenities is a dog park, a fenced area where dogs can run, play and sometimes swim. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News] Reference
FF+ leader Pieter Mulder said that he believed that restrictions placed on expat voters were a "purposeful" way to exclude their votes. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Many of our skin color changes are indeed "purposeful," i.e., not simply inevitable consequences of our underlying physiological state. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
"purposeful" chapter, bring in the same names, again and again. From Wordnik.com. [Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,] Reference
"purposeful" viewing - that people go to watch with specific programs or content in mind. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"purposeful" young woman who was at ease socialising with senior officials and public figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The use of the word "past" is purposeful and accurate. From Wordnik.com. [The Kingmaker’s New Subject] Reference
Even so, Gore seems earnest and purposeful, if not buoyant. From Wordnik.com. [Al Gore’S Best Hope] Reference
The talented Glazer keeps things crisp, clean and purposeful. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly Last Summer, Mate] Reference
My shoulders slump a little more, my stride is less purposeful. From Wordnik.com. [Branded With the ‘Scarlet U’] Reference
She was purposeful and had no time for state-imposed gender segregation. From Wordnik.com. [Tehran or Bust] Reference
"We are biased toward seeing the world as stable and purposeful," she says. From Wordnik.com. [DOUBTING DARWIN] Reference
"What I saw was a young fellow, intelligent, purposeful, laid back," said Rumsfeld. From Wordnik.com. [Backseat Driver] Reference
They'd rather not believe that life's suffering is the result of a purposeful creator. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Origin of the Species] Reference
Around then, infants lose their "startle" and "rooting" reflexes and begin to master purposeful movements. From Wordnik.com. [How To Build A Baby's Brain] Reference
In the days that followed, I'd take early-morning drives to the local Dunkin 'Donuts just to have a purposeful destination. From Wordnik.com. [I Was Out of a Job--And an Identity] Reference
More attention — and indeed more money — would have to be devoted to redesigned programs offering purposeful remediation. From Wordnik.com. [How to Save 25 Percent on College Tuition] Reference
This has made it difficult for the government in New Delhi to mobilize national power to any purposeful end in global affairs. From Wordnik.com. [India’s Coming-Out Party] Reference
Many of them might stay home in November 2008 to ensure a "purposeful loss" that teaches the party not to choose pro-choice nominees. From Wordnik.com. [How No. 1s Pick No. 2s] Reference
There is, Lombrozo argues in the November issue of Psychological Science, a fundamental human urge to comprehend the world as purposeful. From Wordnik.com. [How Kids See the World] Reference
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