H. F. Ellis Quotes

The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie.

The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track.

The future sneaks up on us. It leaks in through the small, ordinary things.

In this way, I was able to place my own concerns aside and curl myself up in the cocoon of somebody else's imagination. My life was suspended - I was in neither one place nor the other.

Become the difference you want to make, " and the heart of your mind will feel what the mind of your heart knows.

The two most dangerous things in the world are rich people and crazy people.

Women aren't very bright, " Rip says. "Studies have been done.

Time was this place didn’t make sense and I could live with it. Either it’s changed, or I have.

Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint.

The sun and the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago . . . had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

There's an art in every labour.

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment!

The world moves fast, and so do the bees. Can we find the stillness to see them?

The first thing I understand is pain.

Mister Sun wondered if he really believed it was true that the heart is just a pump.

We can burst the bonds which chain us, Which cold human hands have wrought, And where none shall dare restrain usWe can meet again, in thought.

It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

That was a stupid idea I made up while drunk. Why did someone build that?

Careless and not particularly biting, it was easier to shrug off than anything in the first book which depicted me as an inarticulate zombie confused by the irony of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.

So, wonder! I also wonder about you, " said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another?

‎All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

I think there are some who live on a knife-edge in the soul, and at times are driven to hurl themselves into the air, at the mercy of heaven or he'll which way to fall.

Life is not about receiving. It is about giving, knowing that someone might learn, understand or grow that little bit from the experience

Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.

Perhaps thought really is prayer.

He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,

Well, you can fairly claim the day hasn't been wasted, ' owned Cadfael generously, 'if something's been learned.

It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.

When harried, we go as far as we dare, and with those we're sure of we dare go very far, knowing where forgiveness is certain.

Sometimes I feel like my whole life before she died was a dream.

The best gifts are never given, but claimed.

Good leaders know who they are—their strengths, weaknesses, passions, talents, and values. And, developing leaders always starts with self-awareness.

To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.

Courage is leaning into the doubts and fears to do what you know is right even when it doesn’t feel natural or safe.

Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. Evaluate them realistically.

Affirming others isn’t ‘flattering’ them—it’s when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!

Good teams are committed to the team mission and to each other personally. Good leaders inspire and build this commitment and trust.

Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn’t a realistic expectation.

We all want to ‘count for something’–to make a difference. And, accountability helps us get where want to go in terms of achieving our goals and fulfilling our responsibilities.

As is often the case with children, the rule of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ plays out in the workplace. It’s hard to be good role model, and it’s one of the greatest challenges of leadership.

Leaders must be good listeners. It’s rule number one, and it’s the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships.

My goal is that Julie and Brody do not become the other's half. They should be two wholes that become a greater one. That is the only way to overcome evil in the end.

...It is only now that memory works both ways. Which of us dreamed it - those from the country of nights five times as warm and as cold, or those who turned away and woke?

Even before you've gone anywhere, you feel like you've gone somewhere

To toil, to think, to long, to grieve, —Is such my future fate?The morn was dreary, must the eveBe also desolate?

P.I. Cassie Cruise--You don't have to like her, but you damn well better respect her

If he can't reach you he can't hit youIf he can't hit you he can't hurt you

I scroll through iPhone photos and see that if I delete pictures of myself with a double chin, I will erase all proof of my glorious life.

Don't let anyone charge you for what God has freely given.

Passion Has No Paperwork