What did Hosea Ballou mean by: No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. Hosea Ballou Copy
Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Divine, Patience, Tolerance, 0 Hosea Ballou
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it! Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Altruism, Gratitude, Satisfaction, 0 Hosea Ballou
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Conscience, Health, Possessions, 0 Hosea Ballou
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Emptiness, Idleness, 0 Hosea Ballou
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Companionship, Slavery, Vice, 0 Hosea Ballou
As “unkindness has no remedy at law,” let its avoidance be with you a point of honor. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Honor, Justice, Kindness, 0 Hosea Ballou
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Application, Interpretation, Transformation, 0 Hosea Ballou
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Hosea Ballou, Contempt, Disgust, Servility, 0 Hosea Ballou
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
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