15 quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

“There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“When all else is lost, the future still remains.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.”— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.”— Christian Nestell Bovee