327 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

There are none so low but they have their triumphs. Small successes suffice for small souls.

The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.

The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action.

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.

It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.

Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.

Hard workers are usually honest; industry lifts them above temptation.

Example has far more followers than reason.

The worth of a book is a matter of expressed juices.