Verb (used with object) : to instill courtesy in a child.    From Dictionary.com. 

It has also been shown that videos demonstrating the product are also helpful in instilling confidence and thereby converting shoppers into buyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women Grow Business » From Navigation to Web Video: Increasing Traffic and Conversion Rates for Your E-commerce Site] Reference

Sir, I wish you the best in instilling some sense into your fellow party men, especially those who clain small government and free market for everyone but them: Laughable!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Sen. Shelby Helping or Hurting NASA? - NASA Watch] Reference

But the idea of instilling in students the importance of proper dressing is a good one, she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Malaysia] Reference

I don’t know what his parents did while raising him, but they did a VERY poor job in instilling the idea of respect for his fellow human.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode #2 | EW.com] Reference

One of the points I try to make with our two children is — kind of instilling in them what the real value of that piece of land is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Sam Parker, December 5, 2000. Interview K-0252. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

A lot of it is instilling confidence in the electoral process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mugabe’s Prisoner] Reference

Leadership means instilling proper values and emphasizing character.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remembering 'The Wizard of Westwood'] Reference

It's never too early to start instilling a passion for the printed word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make Summer Count] Reference

They credit Sasso with instilling discipline in the often rambling candidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [KERRY'S NEW CALL TO ARMS] Reference

Work toward instilling in your patient a health ambition -- a pride in health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Applied Psychology for Nurses] Reference

He focuses on instilling a new sense of economic security in Chinese households.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Untold China Story] Reference

A second is freedom and flexibility, which we are instilling by this overtime measure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christine Lagarde: An American (Style) in Paris] Reference

Then began the work of instilling knowledge of the language as a part of their education.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages] Reference

It was a life-changing moment, he says, instilling a respect for hard graft and enterprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opposition Bloc Leads in Australia] Reference

Free State border -- with a view to instilling in us the wisdom of recognising the inevitable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

This cycle is not so much about player development but about instilling an effective style of play.    From Wordnik.com.  [Max Bergmann: US Soccer Chooses Stability Over Change in Keeping Bob Bradley] Reference

John Wooden credits his father, Joshua, with instilling the core beliefs that shaped his philosophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remembering 'The Wizard of Westwood'] Reference

I will raise its morale and professionalism, while instilling the sense of ownership among its staff.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Diplomat] Reference

By teaching spirituality in schools, we will be instilling ethics and compassion into the minds of teenagers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters to the Magazine] Reference

The stimulation of the emotional nature, the instilling of sentimental ideas into the minds of the young, has.    From Wordnik.com.  [Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics] Reference

This is how she has succeeded in instilling unity in the Congress party when it was on the verge of extinction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonia, The Ideal Symbol] Reference

The challenge is to find the most efficient and effective approach for instilling this need into the population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Luce: OIWW Madagascar Builds Home for Orphans - with Violins] Reference

I was brought up by a pious mother in a quiet, deeply religious home; every influence uplifting and good-instilling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference

Teachers take credit for instilling linguistic confidence in a new generation of French music acts who sing in English.    From Wordnik.com.  [French pop music finds its voice with English language lyrics] Reference

We had succeeded in instilling in them the iron discipline of duty which was to prove better than the discipline of fear.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference

They are masters of uncertainty, instilling it among their enemies, their subjects, their friends, perhaps even themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [118 Days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes] Reference

Created churn in the workforce, with widespread teacher and principal firings, in the process instilling a culture of fear.    From Wordnik.com.  [A chance to learn from Rhee's mistakes] Reference

But the instilling of these things in military forces depends upon leadership understanding the nature of the relationship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference

Kolo Touré has praised Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini for instilling a strong defensive discipline within the team.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kolo Touré says Roberto Mancini has made Manchester City tough to beat] Reference

As for Cottle's mysterious, masculine "rural Alaska," where instilling equality is an accomplishment akin to the miracle at Cana?.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlaskaDispatch.com: Sarah Palin Isn't Alaska's First Feminist] Reference

He also emphasized the importance of instilling "self-esteem" in black kids decades before it became a trendy educational buzzword.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malcolm X] Reference

And of course, I want to thank my husband for organizing this event and instilling it with a spirit of activism, innovation and commitment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amid diplomatic speed-dating, Clinton pitches 'clean stoves'] Reference

At dinner, he would play games with the children, asking them history questions, teaching them about the Civil War, instilling a love of the land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gifted And Cursed] Reference

The heroes for me this time are the people I met who are instilling a new sense of civic responsibility -- ordinary for most societies, still extraordinary for Russia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heard On The Street: This Russia Is New] Reference

A talk with "CrossAge Tutors," older kids who take younger children in hand, helping them with sports or classwork and instilling a new sense of self-esteem. 2: 30: School's out.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Day On The Concrete Battlefield] Reference