Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Boveewas an epigrammatic New York writer. He was born in New York City...
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CountryUnited States of America
Christian Nestell Bovee quotes about
life sugar fancy
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
life noble rich
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
life reality relief
Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions.
work influence whole-life
He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
life activity
The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
inspiration enthusiasm-for-life enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
mother funny-life
A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
life profound understanding
The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.
life future lost
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
life fear ignorance
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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.
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.