You are not easily turned from your purpose, and I like that spirit well.
A strong man would never allow himself to be turned from his purpose.
I did my best to turn them also from their purpose, but it was of no use.
"But they can't be allowed to deter us from our main purpose."
She also doesn't want to be distracted from her main purpose: winning the money.
At that moment she could not have drifted from her purpose even had reason returned.
They decided on a name which derived from the people, the place, and the school's purpose.
But it was not enough to sway him from his purpose.
But the little French maid was not to be so easily turned from her purpose.
She struck out at him and found her hand snatched from its purpose.