246 Quotes by Christian N. Bovee

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

A man cannot paint portraits till he has seen faces.

Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, it is greatness itself.

Besides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance – the sense of duty.

Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power – that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision.

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.

A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.