Quote

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

Hosea Ballou

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Nothing
Possessions
Compared
Possession
Conscience
Strength
Health
Clear

More quotes by Hosea Ballou

Image
The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.
Hosea Ballou
Image
No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Error is always more busy than truth.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Prosperity often presages adversity.
Hosea Ballou
Image
It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.
Hosea Ballou
Image
A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Hatred is self-punishment.
Hosea Ballou
Image
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.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Obedience sums up our entire duty.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
Hosea Ballou
Image
With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
Hosea Ballou
Image
There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.
Hosea Ballou
Image
You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
Hosea Ballou
Image
Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
Hosea Ballou