Sentence examples for demanded of himself from inspiring English sources

Of course, what Lewis demanded of his actors, he demanded of himself all the more.

At 36, however, it was becoming harder to keep pushing himself and to maintain the high standards he demanded of himself.

That is what Shay demanded of himself before he had a heart attack during the United States Olympic marathon trials in New York last November, the day before the annual five-borough race.

What he demanded of himself was strenuous: It is these things that cause me concern: failure to cultivate virtue, failure to go deeply into what I have learned, inability to move up to what I have heard to be right, and inability to reform myself when I have defects.

As it turned out, he saved many thousands.In Dayton and everywhere else he was a hard taskmaster, but this was no more than he demanded of himself: shuttling to and fro between continents, staying up sleepless to read a book or to watch "There's Something About Mary" for the fifth time.

He is equally demanding of himself.

He goes into practice expecting and demanding of himself to be a little better".

(And he was demanding of himself as a dancer, too. His performances were taut and sharp).

"Why do you drink wine that is older than you are?" he demands of himself.

He had always been demanding of himself and often critical of his own work.

Because he is so demanding of himself, his work is on a high level.