(n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
Example Sentences:
(1) To find life as we know it, Nasa's mantra is "follow the water".
(2) Questioned as to whether Google needs to alter its mission statement, which was twinned with the company mantra “don’t be evil, for the next stage of company growth in an interview with the Financial Times , Page responded: “We’re in a bit of uncharted territory.
(3) If you’re a congressional Republican, you consider Obamacare a “failure”, and “repeal and replace” is your mantra.
(4) His party colleague and new fellow MEP Janice Atkinson said her own mantra in Brussels would be "No and no and no."
(5) However, she was also clear that she was sticking to the mantra of the EU27 when it came to Brexit – that there would be no negotiation without notification , even on the issue of EU citizens.
(6) Yet despite this, the mantra is that there is significant waste to cut – a mantra not just coming from policymakers remote from action, but from staff within the NHS who can see it for themselves every day yet feel powerless to do anything.
(7) Together we can reject the coalition's mantra that there is no alternative.
(8) From child migrants to the doctors’ dispute, principled compromise should be the mantra of the shrewd politician.
(9) Disney's proposals for Star Wars would appear to be a continuation of a mantra that says popular franchises should be mined for everything they are worth.
(10) Despite the fragile state of what Sir Mervyn King has called the "zigzag" economy, Osborne will repeat his mantra that there is no alternative to stringent spending cuts.
(11) It was during this meeting the All Black manager, Sir Brian Lochore, coined what would become a mantra for Henry and his team: “Better people make better All Blacks”.
(12) Play less tournament golf and practise more for the majors has become the Australian's mantra, and all the homework had been done as he began his 14th Open Championship challenge.
(13) "The Blair-Brown era is over," he repeats as a mantra.
(14) There are so many little gems that are clearly mantras of people who have been through meetings.
(15) The mantra of "fewer, better" will become a watchword across the BBC's output – as will collaboration with other broadcasters: a reinvented Call The Midwife is relocated to the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
(16) Osborne knows only too well that many of his colleagues believe the Tory mantra about the party’s “long-term economic plan” is the cause of jokes and despair among MPs who believe that it symbolises what is being seen as a dull and managerial campaign.
(17) Repeating Tepco's mantra of the past two years, Takahashi apologised "to the world" for the "inconvenience" caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
(18) In these education systems, high expectations for all students are not a mantra but a reality; students who start to fall behind are identified quickly, their problems are promptly and accurately diagnosed, and the appropriate course of action for improvement is quickly taken."
(19) In fact the mantra of "green growth" has been a central component of President Lee's policy platform since 2008, and this month – even as Japan backed away from its own climate commitments – Korea's legislature unanimously passed a new climate act which will enforce carbon caps and an emissions trading scheme among its heavy industry and electricity sector.
(20) The present article in particular focuses on the relaxation exercises, made up of Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Autogenic Training elements as well as of phantasy travels, mantras, and periodic music.
Motto
Definition:
(n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
(n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(2) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(3) The disease exemplifies the validity of the Royal Veterinary College motto Venienti occurrite morbo (treat the disease at its first appearance).
(4) Harry describes her as “a total kid through and through”, whose motto was “you can be as naughty as you want, just don’t get caught”.
(5) The phrase "time to water the tree of liberty" - a reference to a famous quotation from Thomas Jefferson, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - is also frequently used by a right wing group called Stormfront , motto White Pride World Wide.
(6) Brandishing images of what Virgin "lounges" might look like – similar to a stark yet trendy hotel restaurant – Gadhia admits that her other motto for running the business is "wanting to make everyone better off".
(7) "Our new motto is to help people feed themselves," Josette Sheeran, the executive director of the WFP, told China's state news agency .
(8) I used to be about fast food but now I’m about salad,” said Manuel Barra, 22, a star member of the the Green Leaf Killer team (motto: Ride.
(9) It incants the motto of the Bill Shankly school of cliche: that football is not a matter of life and death, it is far more important.
(10) Team GB has a motto, which has adorned the back of thousands of souvenir shirts at the park and beyond, "Better never stops".
(11) My motto is, it’s the council’s property, but it’s my home,” he says.
(12) He also adopted a motto he had learned in medical school: heal frequently, cure sometimes, comfort always.
(13) Back in the early 1990s, President Bill Clinton rode to power on the strength of one savvy motto: "It's the economy, stupid."
(14) Never knowingly undersold is a weak motto unless it includes never knowingly underpaying a workforce.
(15) Its official motto is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life , but it is sponsored by corporate giants like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.
(16) The motto was used by Nazi Waffen-SS soldiers during the second world war and is banned in a number of countries including Germany and Austria.
(17) His appeal to the Labour party members tends to involve him brandishing his party card and affirming his loyalty to its motto: Putting power, wealth and opportunity into the hands of the many.
(18) Inspired by her motto, "You can have a job and a baby and style and a body", it's an eclectic mix of advice and tips from models, fashion insiders and working parents.
(19) His motto in recent days has been the words of US preacher Joyce Meyer: "You can't defeat Goliath with your mouth shut."
(20) (“What Hitler started the Corporation finished,” was the city’s motto.)