Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

I'm inspired to inspire others.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.

Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.

The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people.

ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love.

Do well and right and let the world sink.

It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor.

At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back" (23).

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

I'd love to help the entire world. Even to change the life of one child is amazing.

Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.

When God gave Christ to this world, He gave the best He had, and He wants us to do the same.

It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water. If we put it on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. If we put it in the ocean, however, it will never be lost. Thus the wish is made that we not keep the teachings to ourselves but to use them to benefit others.