"He half retrieves a defeat who yields to…" — Christian Nestell Bovee

"He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully."

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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180 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

Christian Nestell Bovee has 180 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the…
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in…
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other…
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to… — Michele Bachmann
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — Tony Blair
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to… — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the… — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to… — Robert Browning

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