Sentence examples for demand of ourselves from inspiring English sources
Or is there something more we might demand of ourselves and each other?
Native cannot demand of newcomer more or less than we demand of ourselves – do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself.
I also felt our project could begin in earnest: we could demand of ourselves, and each other, the courage and patience to grow.
"I would say everybody expects us to play poorly tomorrow, and we should demand of ourselves to play well," Knicks Coach Jeff Van Gundy said after the team's practice today at SUNY-Purchase. "That's the bottom line".
Certainly for the freshman Tiger cubs in the stands that day in Palmer and a week later at the Yale Bowl, we could not have been treated to better examples of what would be expected of us, what we should demand of ourselves, and what the essence of sports, teamwork and dedication can be and produce.
"I think we played our best game this season in terms of what we demand of ourselves – the quality in the way we attacked, how we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout, the amount of chances we created.
Roger encouraged us to make "unreasonable demands" of ourselves, but short of parachuting directly into my loved ones' living rooms to unspool the fascinating details of my latest act of human growth, I wasn't sure what else I could do.
For others, it was the sense of contrast: the strength and energy we demanded of ourselves, while also confronting our fragility; the wildness of Mustang's storytelling geology, against the implausible delicacy of its ancient cave art; the daily solitude of the trail, against evenings of warm companionship.
"Rather, society must make demands of itself, the family must make demands of itself, we as people must make demands of ourselves to act in keeping with our conscience".
Perhaps our single greatest danger is potential complacency feeling too comfortable with our achievements without demanding of ourselves the ambition to find for the future innovative manifestations of the enduring values that have guided our past.
