Sentence examples for telling ourselves from inspiring English sources

"We kept telling ourselves to keep shooting," Ryan Kesler said.

This we do by telling ourselves, and each other, stories.

We kept telling ourselves, no one was hurt.

The big mistake is usually part of telling ourselves one of a number of stories.

As a thought experiment, Mr. Altshuler said, sure, given the lie we're currently telling ourselves.

We can't keep telling ourselves, 'Oh, we're a better team than this.' We may not be.

Then we'll adapt and start telling ourselves new stories, just as humans have always done.

We need to stop telling ourselves stories about Iraq and Afghanistan, and face what went wrong.

The main impact of this technique is to emphasize that thoughts are stories we are telling ourselves.

Language gives the rest of us a way out — a way of rationalizing, explaining, telling ourselves a story about ourselves.

Still, we keep telling ourselves that we can lose weight, save money, and go to the gym.