Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Boveewas an epigrammatic New York writer. He was born in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Christian Nestell Bovee quotes about
motivational fear inspiration
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
mistake literature sound
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
smile character may
Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
positive sadness activity
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
motivational strong determination
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
illusion
An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.
humor water firsts
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher.
gratitude favors
We absolve a friend from gratitude when we remind him of a favor.
five-senses importance duty
Besides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance--the sense of duty.
disappointment party earth
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and enriches the earth.
differences quarrels over-it
The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it.
destiny people needs
A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
laziness may disease
The cause of laziness is physiological; it is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is as much to be pitied as a sufferer from any other constitutional infirmity. It is even worse than many other diseases; from them the patient may recover, while this is incurable.
leadership fall play
Who aspires to remain leader must keep in advance of his column. His fear must not play traitor to his occasions. The instant he falls into line with his followers, a bolder spirit may throw himself at the head of the movement initiated, and in that moment his leadership is gone.