Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep. — Hosea Ballou Conditions Copy Share Image
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author. — Hosea Ballou Books Copy Share Image
Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty. — Hosea Ballou Altars Copy Share Image
Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice. — Hosea Ballou Not perfect 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
There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not,… — Hosea Ballou Criteria 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
Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone. — Hosea Ballou Casts 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
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. — Hosea Ballou Bad habit Copy Share Image
It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known… — Hosea Ballou Ancestry Copy Share Image
Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. — Hosea Ballou Facts Copy Share Image
O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner… — Hosea Ballou Character Copy Share Image
Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on… — Hosea Ballou Acid 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 what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store. — Hosea Ballou Add Copy Share Image
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. — Hosea Ballou Counterfeit Copy Share Image
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. — Hosea Ballou Clear Copy Share Image
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. — Hosea Ballou Being original Copy Share Image
Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere. — Hosea Ballou Elsewhere Copy Share Image
No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. — Hosea Ballou Example Copy Share Image
Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully. — Hosea Ballou Hopefully Copy Share Image
A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. — Hosea Ballou Affliction Copy Share Image
Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness. — Hosea Ballou Inspirational Copy Share Image
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. — Hosea Ballou Coward 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
It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation. — Hosea Ballou Generations Copy Share Image
Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. — Hosea Ballou Inspirational Copy Share Image
There is no such things as est in the world of individuals. — Hosea Ballou Individuals Copy Share Image
