A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEDreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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