The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEEconomy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!
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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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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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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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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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Words 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.
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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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