Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Boveewas an epigrammatic New York writer. He was born in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Christian Nestell Bovee quotes about
inspirational witty able
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
inspirational saint christian-living
Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.
inspirational honesty greatness
Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, it is greatness itself.
inspirational
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
inspirational fear anxiety
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
inspirational happiness reality
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
inspirational motivational running
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
faith however themselves
They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.
influence relation circumstances
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
next faith-in-god labor
Next to faith in God, is faith in labor.
life sugar fancy
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
running opposites quality
Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
witty self able
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.
yield mistress favors
Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her.