A collection of quotes by Christian Nevell Bovee.
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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
Christian Nevell Bovee
Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
Our first and last love is... self-love.
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and, they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
A book should be luminous not voluminous.
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears.
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!
The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.
Mind unemployed is mind un-enjoyed.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
