With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is...always an enemy to happiness. — Hosea Ballou Being trusted Copy Share Image
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. — Hosea Ballou Adoration Copy Share Image
Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears. — Hosea Ballou Beauty Copy Share Image
Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant. — Hosea Ballou Blossom Copy Share Image
Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the… — Hosea Ballou Care Copy Share Image
Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of… — Hosea Ballou Compassion Copy Share Image
There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not,… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the… — Hosea Ballou Bees Copy Share Image
It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
