Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWords of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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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.
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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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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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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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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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