Christian Nestell Bovee

"There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable."

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

"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."

"They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers."

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."