Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. — Christian Nestell Bovee Aggravated Copy Share Image
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and--prayer. — Christian Nestell Bovee Art Copy Share Image
The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. — Christian Nestell Bovee Cures Copy Share Image
Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action. — Christian Nestell Bovee Action Copy Share Image
To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another. — Christian Nestell Bovee Death Copy Share Image
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Discretion Copy Share Image
Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising. — Christian Nestell Bovee Causes Copy Share Image
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful. — Christian Nestell Bovee Affection Copy Share Image
It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them. — Christian Nestell Bovee Resources Copy Share Image
A peculiar work in any art must not be too hastily judged. New styles have to create new tastes. — Christian Nestell Bovee Art Copy Share Image
We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little… — Christian Nestell Bovee Inspirational Copy Share Image
The highest excellence is seldom attained in more than one vocation. The roads leading to distinction in separate pursuits diverge, and the… — Christian Nestell Bovee Approach Copy Share Image
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.] — Christian Nestell Bovee Beautiful Copy Share Image
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to. — Christian Nestell Bovee Depends Copy Share Image
The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology. — Christian Nestell Bovee Character Copy Share Image
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful… — Christian Nestell Bovee Ambition Copy Share Image
It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled… — Christian Nestell Bovee Character Copy Share Image
Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover… — Christian Nestell Bovee Advantage Copy Share Image
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee Genius Copy Share Image
