It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEEnthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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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.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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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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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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