He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE InfluenceLifeLivePotentialWork
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE ExcuseKnowledge
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE CompensationEvilGreatnessLesson
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE ExistenceFaithIndependentPoetryReasonRule
It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE CharityMoneyStand
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE ElementHappinessRichSatisfaction
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE DeterminationEstablishmentFailureStrongSuccess
