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Hosea Ballou quotes: It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power. It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts. Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The law of heaven is love. The law of heaven is love.
Hosea Ballou quotes: It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice. It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere. Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
Hosea Ballou quotes: A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom. A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side. Lenity has almost always wisdom and justice on its side.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity. Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence. Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained. Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.
Hosea Ballou quotes: No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty. Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep. Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred is self-punishment.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The eye is inlet to the soul. The eye is inlet to the soul.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth. Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Self-respect is the best of all. Self-respect is the best of all.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Never be so brief as to become obscure. Never be so brief as to become obscure.
Hosea Ballou quotes: No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene. No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature. Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Hosea Ballou quotes: That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect. That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion. Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden. Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
Hosea Ballou quotes: To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect. To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
Hosea Ballou quotes: How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it! How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
Hosea Ballou quotes: Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse. Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice. Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.
Hosea Ballou quotes: It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over. It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.
Hosea Ballou quotes: We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important. The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.
Hosea Ballou quotes: It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store. It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer. Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer.
Hosea Ballou quotes: A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.
Hosea Ballou quotes: I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment. I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt. Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
Hosea Ballou quotes: None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance. None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains. Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought. The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.
Hosea Ballou quotes: You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker. You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
Hosea Ballou quotes: How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion. How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.
Hosea Ballou quotes: True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Humanity , in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully. Humanity , in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully.
Hosea Ballou quotes: True repentance always involves reform. True repentance always involves reform.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents. There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.
Hosea Ballou quotes: As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor. As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice. Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals. There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Prosperity often presages adversity. Prosperity often presages adversity.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic. Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless. Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Experience is retrospect knowledge. Experience is retrospect knowledge.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone. Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way. Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
Hosea Ballou quotes: It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry. It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Obedience sums up our entire duty. Obedience sums up our entire duty.
Hosea Ballou quotes: It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation. It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast. There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer. Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.
Hosea Ballou quotes: A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author. A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner. There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion. Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Everything in the world exists to end up in a book. Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all. There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it. There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.
Hosea Ballou quotes: That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object. That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Moderation is the key of lasting enjoyment. Moderation is the key of lasting enjoyment.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life. Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
Hosea Ballou quotes: No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
Hosea Ballou quotes: How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor! How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!
Hosea Ballou quotes: If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven. If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.
Hosea Ballou quotes: All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible. Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation. Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear. Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Error is always more busy than truth. Error is always more busy than truth.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Mystery and innocence are not akin. Mystery and innocence are not akin.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Purity in person and in morals is true godliness. Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
Hosea Ballou quotes: A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears. The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful. The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness. Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never. Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
Hosea Ballou quotes: The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard. The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.
Hosea Ballou quotes: There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals. There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.
Hosea Ballou quotes: A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations. A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment. Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
Hosea Ballou quotes: Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness. Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

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