Sentence examples for than we received from inspiring English sources

"When we leave this life we must give back the piece of earth we have in better condition than we received it," he said.

For our kids and grandkids, we need to leave more natural wealth than we received.

We have an absolute moral obligation to hand it over in better shape than we received it".

Let's add service to our common definition of success and continue the tradition of handing the next generation the keys to a better country than we received.

The American Promise is built upon the concept of each generation paying it forward to the next -- we owe it to those who will follow us to keep our country awesome, and in an ideal world -- hand it off to them better than we received it.

"We've always believed we deserved more respect than we receive," he said.

While the proportions may vary year to year, we invariably spend more on residences than we receive in rental income.

First Selectman John Hodge of New Fairfield said small towns in Connecticut "send far more money to Hartford than we receive back".

And research indicates an ugly truth: that we export more air pollution than we receive.

Another piece of the deficit has to do with the fact that the U.S. pays more to foreigners in profits, royalties and interest than we receive from them.

He added: "These official figures show Scotland continues to contribute proportionately more to the UK Treasury than we receive in public spending.