Tatnai Ellis Quotes & Sayings

Presently a vagrant poodle dog came idling along, sad at heart, lazy with the summer softness and the quiet, weary of captivity, sighing for change. — Mark Twain

Ideas are somewhat like babies
they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, "This is a damn-fool idea." Instead they ask, "What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us? — Peter Drucker

Dread begins to inch in. No. Dread isn't one of those subtle emotions. It moves in and takes over, and then it drips and hands, like Spanish moss. — Deb Caletti

Long ago a monk asked an old master, "When hundreds, thousands, or myriads of objects come all at once, what should be done?"
The master replied, "Don't try to control them"
What he means is that in whatever way objects come, do not try to change them. Whatever comes is the buddha-dharma, not objects at all. Do not understand the master's reply as merely a brilliant admonition, but realize that it is the truth. Even if you try to control what comes, it cannot be controlled. — Dogen

Yet, to yield, to accept death: the mind forbade it. The mind demanded, against all sense, to go on. Fanning — Justin Cronin

Not making a living,' he wrote, on his first trip to Alaska, 'just living. — Elizabeth Gilbert

He wears a beard and his face is half Christ and half satyr and his face tells the truth. — John Steinbeck

To instruct others is to engage the simplicity of receiving eternal life — Sunday Adelaja

Father, I know you're going to do some incredible things in your world today. Please give me the privilege of getting in on some of what you're doing." In other words, church leaders should stop praying, "Lord, bless what I'm doing" and start praying, "Lord, help me to do what you are blessing. — Rick Warren

For now, there was just the two of us and this one perfect moment of togetherness. — Richelle Mead

The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God. — J.C. Ryle

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves! — Joyce Meyer