Hosea Ballou Quotes

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.

We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Each had done more good than forty men would or could have.

I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people.

In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else's darkness.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists.

May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!

I pride myself on being kind.

Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.