A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of… — Hosea Ballou Aspect Copy Share Image
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always… — Hosea Ballou Enemy 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
Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted… — Hosea Ballou Delight 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
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
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
Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to… — Hosea Ballou Easier Copy Share Image
Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation. — Hosea Ballou Cultivation Copy Share Image
Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at… — Hosea Ballou Cradle Copy Share Image
No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. — Hosea Ballou Example Copy Share Image
The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought. — Hosea Ballou Add Copy Share Image
Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the… — Hosea Ballou Ashamed Copy Share Image
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. — Hosea Ballou Coward 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
Few things in this world more trouble people than poverty, or the fear of poverty; and, indeed, it is a sore affliction;… — Hosea Ballou Affliction Copy Share Image
It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born… — Hosea Ballou Born 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 Careful Copy Share Image
To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect. — Hosea Ballou Cause and effect 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
