Sentence examples for instead of being proud from inspiring English sources

Instead of being proud of saving some soldiers from blindness, the doctors asked a harder, more unnerving question: why had so many injuries occurred?

Instead of being proud to raise a future welder, "everyone wants to believe that their child will go to Harvard", says Matthew Gambill, the director of the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education.

A lot of them "were ashamed to say they served in the war, instead of being proud of having put their lives on the line, and it was a very sad time," he continued.

Instead of being proud that one of his own men was put in charge, and that the spirit of his organization would live on, Donovan was annoyed at being passed over for an underling.

But instead of being proud of the fact that the new treaty may represent a success in promoting the principles of human rights laws in Jordan, Conservative ministers have increasingly used the Abu Qatada case to mount a broader onslaught against the European human rights convention and court, and against the UK's own Human Rights Act.

Instead of being proud, West merely commented: "Defensively, from a team standpoint, I didn't feel I played very well.

"It's quite beautiful in that way, that by revealing my darkest secret, I'm with it in a compassionate way and instead of being ashamed, I'm proud.

On the path to raising good, decent, law-abiding and respectful children, why do we perpetuate this expectation of parenting perfection instead of accepting good enough -- and being proud of what we do accomplish?

"It was never our intention to suggest GWR is a publicly owned company, instead we are proud of the work we do as a private company to benefit the region, and we are sorry if this wasn't clear".

He'd said nothing all these years because his mother had not been angry about his being lost, but instead had been proud of his initiative in finiding his way home alone.

"It always amazes me when people choose to just outright lie instead of simply admitting the truth and then being proud of their decision," he wrote.