Mandalian Quotes & Sayings

Laws, when good, should be supreme; and that the magistrate or magistrates should regulate those matters only on which the laws are unable to speak with precision owing to the difficulty of any general principle embracing all particulars. — Aristotle.

America was built on rugged individualism, and today that has evolved into a culture of narcissism. But God didn't create you to live for you. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to put aside your selfish ambition. — Rick Warren

There really is no such thing as failure. There is only the rearrangement of plans and surrender of ego. — Suzanne Falter-Barns

I do belong on stage. — Chris Daughtry

I sit in an infrared sauna everyday and microwave myself. It's really detoxifying. — Scottie Thompson

I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve. — Phil Gramm

Now I see some family resemblance. I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other."
"So does our mailman back in North Dakota," said Adrian. — Richelle Mead

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work. — Bill Vaughan

Musicals have clearly gotten more physical. You never saw Ethel Merman doing step aerobics. — Bruce Vilanch

Now, we don't really believe these things - intellectually we know better - but we believe them viscerally, and live by them, and they cause us to prioritize our own needs over the needs of others, even though what we really want, in our hearts, is to be less selfish, more aware of what's actually happening in the present moment, more open, and more loving. — George Saunders

I have this desire in the back of my mind now of making music and film at the same time - putting the two together. — Kate Bush

I remember things like that ... A lifetimes accredidation of unkindness, all of those little longering hurts that I carried around like stones sewn into my pockets. — Jennifer Weiner

She knew that the world was plainly divided into those who fought an unrelenting battle to live, and those who surrendered and died. This was a simple fact. — Elizabeth Gilbert