“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.” - Christian Nevell Bovee

“Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having” - Christian Nevell Bovee

“Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.” -Christian Nevell Bovee,

“False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine but leaving us when we cross into the shade.” - Christian Nevell Bovee

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education - Albert Einstein

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." -Albert Einstein

“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.” - Neil Gaiman

“Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art / an individual masterpiece.” -Dennis Waitley

They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards. -Creighton W. Abrams

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor. -Seneca

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity. -Kevin Smith

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. - Friederich Nietzsche

There are always three sides to every story: your side, the other side, and the truth.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. -James Baldwin

Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. - George Bernard Shaw

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting. -Billy Wilder

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting. -Billy Wilder

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. -Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. -Henri Frederic Amiel

The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. - Bill Copeland

It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. - Carl Jung

The enemy of your enemy is your friend.

'Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight. -John Suckling, Sonnet, c.1638

If you cry "Forward," you must make plain in what direction to go. - Anton Chekov

If a fanatic is willing to give his life for a cause, he's probably willing to give yours as well. - David Gerrold

The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. - Soren Kierkegaard

I'm right-handed, whereas the fellow in my mirror is left-handed. I start shaving from the left; he starts from the right. Differences only in perception, but religious wars have been fought over such. - Robert Brault

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. -G.K. Chesterton

Saint, n. A dead sinner revised and edited. - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

All religions issue bibles against him, and say most injurious things about him, but we never hear his side. - Mark Twain, about the Devil

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.” -Christian Nevell Bovee

An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. - Samuel Butler

Retreat, hell! We're just advancing in another direction. - Oliver Prince Smith

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. - Stevie Wonder

If you see the world in black and white, you're missing important grey matter. - Jack Fyock

"Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh... There's so little hope for advancement."

— Snoopy (Charles M. Schulz)

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure. - Ashleigh Brilliant

Six traits of effective leaders:
• Make others feel important
• Promote a vision
• Follow the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you
• Admit mistakes
• Criticize others only in private
• 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.”- Christian Nevell Bovee