Hosea Ballou Quotes

Jesus had a humble heart. If He abides in us, pride will never dominate our lives.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin.

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.

Humility is not an exaggeratedly low opinion of yourself. Humility is self-forgetfulness.

Humility responds to God's will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts. Someone has said, "Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man."

Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honor and dishonor, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a furtherance to me in my Christian cause.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart.

One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.

The more holy, the more humble.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

I think we were always humble.

A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.