Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

It's better to be kind than to be right.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is not assuaged till he has regained the advantages he lost and put the other person in the wrong.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.

I've gotten really good at not judging characters.

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

The truth is that we should live with less envy and more cordiality and empathy.

I don't hate anyone. I just see the evil some pretend doesn't exist.

The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.