Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer. — Hosea Ballou Business Copy Share Image
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. — Hosea Ballou Courage Copy Share Image
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it! — Hosea Ballou Benevolence Copy Share Image
Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. — Hosea Ballou Doubt Copy Share Image
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
There is no such things as est in the world of individuals. — Hosea Ballou Individuals Copy Share Image
Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. — Hosea Ballou Inspirational Copy Share Image
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character — Hosea Ballou Character Copy Share Image
Ministers who threaten death and destruction employ weapons of weakness. Argument and kindness are alone effectual, flavored by the principles of Divine… — Hosea Ballou Argument Copy Share Image
There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its… — Hosea Ballou Character Copy Share Image
There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to… — Hosea Ballou Courage Copy Share Image
If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men… — Hosea Ballou Children Copy Share Image
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the… — Hosea Ballou Argument Copy Share Image
Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have… — Hosea Ballou Consequence Copy Share Image
If our Creator has so bountifully provided for our existence here, which is but momentary, and for our temporal wants, which will… — Hosea Ballou Creator Copy Share Image
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. — Hosea Ballou Devil Copy Share Image
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. — Hosea Ballou Business Copy Share Image
If we are at peace with God and our own conscience, what enemy among men need we fear? — Hosea Ballou Conscience Copy Share Image
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt. — Hosea Ballou Character Copy Share Image
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. — Hosea Ballou Bible Copy Share Image
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. — Hosea Ballou Charity Copy Share Image
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor! — Hosea Ballou Charity Copy Share Image
It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation. — Hosea Ballou Generations Copy Share Image
There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all. — Hosea Ballou Consequence Copy Share Image
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
