156 Quotes by Hosea Ballou

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.

Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged.

True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

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.

How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!

A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.