Christian Nevel Bovee Quotes

"Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness"

"Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length."

"Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed."

"Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand."

"Living with a saint is more grueling than being one."

"Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit."

"False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade."

"A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality."

"Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them."

"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."

"The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor."

"A book should be luminous not voluminous."

"The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul"

"All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ."

"The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness."

"It is the nature of thought to find its way into action."

"What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law."

"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 a kiss that sanctifies it."

"Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire."