Quotes
Authors
Ellis Peters

"Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely."

Source : Ellis Peters (2014). “The Potter's Field”, p.62, Head of Zeus

Ellis Peters

#Men Quotes #Dedication Quotes #Giving Quotes

“No it was not the novelty, and it was not the danger and the adventure (although these had their charm). It was certainly not a passing whim (if it had been the hard work would have dispelled it in a very short time!). I think there were three chief reasons for my choice of career: First, a real love for, and interest in aviation Secondly, a determination to earn my own money and to make my career a paying proposition. Thirdly, a conviction that aviation was a profession of the future and therefore had room to welcome its new followers.”
“... when one's outward lot is perfect, the sense of inward imperfection is the more pressing.”
“Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.”
“It makes life so much easier when you can just say 'I'm human' at the end of the day."”
“My reputation when I was first here was that I had every single answer in the book. I don't know, maybe I portrayed that somehow. I was learning, and I continue to learn and I have learned.”
“Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.”
“When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician -- make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor -- make good art. IRS on your trail -- make good art. Cat exploded -- make good art. Someone on the Internet thinks what you're doing is stupid or evil or it's all been done before -- make good art.”
“I sit alone at present, dreaming darkly of a Dun.”

Source : Charles Stuart Calverley (1872). “Fly Leaves”, p.12

You may also like: