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


Hosea Ballou

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white ...
HOSEA BALLOU
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white ...
HOSEA BALLOU
ink marks the page/where you execute your will like a doe announcing an/ox-stern mate with a single,...
MELISSA LEE-HOUGHTON
Break a bad habit -- drop it
SOURCE UNKNOWN
Sow an idea, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a cha...
STEPHEN R. COVEY
The good thing about bad news is that it reaches in the last to the person it is about.
WOHI PURANA
The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.
LEO AIKMAN
Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men; and as an habit of being j...
GEORGE SAVILE
Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a ch...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a ch...
CHARLES READE
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you re...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap ...
CHARLES READE
Sow a thought and you reap an action;
sow an act and you reap a habit;
sow a habit and you r...
ANON.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you...
SAMUEL SMILES
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you crea...
ANDRE MAUROIS
My page was too white
My ink was too thin
The day wouldn't write
What the night penci...
LEONARD COHEN
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.
KIN HUBBARD
A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it's an undo-it-yourself project.
ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
White is a trend unto itself. From very pure, stark white to ecru, you can look at white as an entir...
GREGG ANDREWS
When you have nothing nobody knows you. When you have something everyone knows you. If you're not wi...
REGINA MARIE CHRISTENSON
My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
JIM FOX
Live for today with your eyes on the future.
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL
Don't let anyone blind you with their criticism, you're just beautiful.
AMAN JANGDA
Everyone is good at something as long as they love that something.
ARDIT BALISHA
The hardest step to take is always the first one.
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL
To rule an iceberg, you must swim,.. Deep. Pour régner sur l'iceberg, il faut savoir nager en profo...
CARL MATHIEU
Behave with kind with surrendorist, but behave with cruelty with enemy.
NITIN S DHARKAR
Words are magic to those who chose to listen, to those who don’t are bones.
PABLO D. RODRIGUEZ
şarabın gazabından kork
çünkü fena kırmızıdır
kan tutar / tutan ölür
s...
ATTILâ İLHAN
Our thoughts are causes. You sow a thought, you reap an action. You sow an action, you reap a habit....
SHIV KHERA
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN
I don't think that's a bad habit; I think sucking your thumb is an OK habit, ... Somebody's bad habi...
LOU PUCCI
It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it d...
ALAN ALDA
A person who wrote badly did better than a person who does not write at all. A bad writing can be co...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of sin...
SAADI
A drop of ink may make a million think.
UNKNOWN
I knew all too well the damage of scarlet ink smeared across page-after-page ...
JAZZ FEYLYNN
like a drop of ink in a glass of milk
THRITY UMRIGAR
The difference between leader and boss is that leaders set the rule for themselves to take along fol...
ANUJ SOMANY
you can not understand what i feel for you. because your heart beats for some other one.
PRASOON DWIVEDI
i am not rich, but my heart is enough rich that you can stay there for the rest of your life.
PRASOON DWIVEDI
Keeping an eye on own self is an Introspection.
JYOTSNAJHA
Watching on one’s doing and what he should do for his desires is an Introspection.
JYOTSNAJHA
We are all but slaves to an ideal
ELYMOR JAN B. HERNANDEZ
Strength is not a virtue of the strong but an illusion of the weak
ELYMOR JAN B. HERNANDEZ
Things change, and so do people. The only thing that doesn't change are the memories ❤
DAZZLїиG_Бципу
Death is the conclusion of an everlasting essay.
ROSA M. BETANCES
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
For what is a man if he is not succesful in love
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL
What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by yo...
STEPHEN D'MELLO
If your presence doesn't make an impact, your absence won't make a difference.
TREY SMITH
Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insig...
JOHN F. BOYES
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
HOSEA BALLOU
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
HOSEA BALLOU
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
HOSEA BALLOU
Mystery and innocence are not akin.
HOSEA BALLOU
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
HOSEA BALLOU
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtu...
HOSEA BALLOU
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can y...
HOSEA BALLOU
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
HOSEA BALLOU
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in hu...
HOSEA BALLOU
Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children te...
HOSEA BALLOU
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
HOSEA BALLOU
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argume...
HOSEA BALLOU
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
HOSEA BALLOU
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
HOSEA BALLOU
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
HOSEA BALLOU
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue...
HOSEA BALLOU
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those op...
HOSEA BALLOU
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
HOSEA BALLOU
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
HOSEA BALLOU
Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
HOSEA BALLOU
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
HOSEA BALLOU
Hatred is self-punishment.
HOSEA BALLOU
In the diligence of his idleness. [Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]
HOSEA BALLOU
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
HOSEA BALLOU
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
HOSEA BALLOU
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
HOSEA BALLOU
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little childr...
HOSEA BALLOU
God's glowing covenant.
HOSEA BALLOU
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
HOSEA BALLOU
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those op...
HOSEA BALLOU
Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth t...
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
A religion which requires persecution to sustain it is of the devil's propagation.
HOSEA BALLOU
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
HOSEA BALLOU
As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.
HOSEA BALLOU
My lodging it is on the cold ground, and very hard is my fare, But that which troubles me most, is...
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
HOSEA BALLOU
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction
HOSEA BALLOU
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable
HOSEA BALLOU
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
HOSEA BALLOU

More Hosea Ballou

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
HOSEA BALLOU
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
HOSEA BALLOU
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
HOSEA BALLOU
Mystery and innocence are not akin.
HOSEA BALLOU
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
HOSEA BALLOU
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtu...
HOSEA BALLOU
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can y...
HOSEA BALLOU
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
HOSEA BALLOU
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in hu...
HOSEA BALLOU
Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children te...
HOSEA BALLOU
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
HOSEA BALLOU
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argume...
HOSEA BALLOU
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
HOSEA BALLOU
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
HOSEA BALLOU
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
HOSEA BALLOU
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue...
HOSEA BALLOU
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those op...
HOSEA BALLOU
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
HOSEA BALLOU
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white ...
HOSEA BALLOU
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
HOSEA BALLOU
Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
HOSEA BALLOU
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
HOSEA BALLOU
Hatred is self-punishment.
HOSEA BALLOU
In the diligence of his idleness. [Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]
HOSEA BALLOU
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
HOSEA BALLOU
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
HOSEA BALLOU
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
HOSEA BALLOU
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little childr...
HOSEA BALLOU
God's glowing covenant.
HOSEA BALLOU
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
HOSEA BALLOU
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those op...
HOSEA BALLOU
Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth t...
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
A religion which requires persecution to sustain it is of the devil's propagation.
HOSEA BALLOU
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
HOSEA BALLOU
As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.
HOSEA BALLOU
My lodging it is on the cold ground, and very hard is my fare, But that which troubles me most, is...
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
HOSEA BALLOU
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction
HOSEA BALLOU
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
HOSEA BALLOU
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white ...
HOSEA BALLOU
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little childre...
HOSEA BALLOU
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable
HOSEA BALLOU
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
HOSEA BALLOU
The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in hu...
HOSEA BALLOU
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself
HOSEA BALLOU
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
HOSEA BALLOU
Error is always more busy than truth.
HOSEA BALLOU
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
HOSEA BALLOU
Mystery and innocence are not akin
HOSEA BALLOU
There are problems with the definitions of the channels. ... That type of ambiguity ... must be inte...
DAVID BALLOU
I just put the skis on edge and just scream from one side to the other side of the runs.
DAVID BALLOU
We're eagerly awaiting a sign-off.
DAN BALLOU
This dock ... is going to cost in the vicinity of $50,000. ... There is certainly an economic incent...
DAVID BALLOU
Inch by inch it's all a cinch, by the yard it's hard. Go for it -- no matter how slow or long the pr...
MARDI BALLOU
It's just about done. We're doing everything required to meet the obligations of the law.
DAN BALLOU
If we can get (approval), all this becomes moot. They're scrambling ... to try to get the approvals ...
DAN BALLOU
Intelligence is taken, wisdom is given, common sense is and remains yours.
HOSEA MAYS
I think we're one of the top four teams in the state along with Holbrook, Winslow and Fountain Hills...
HOSEA GRAHAM
I haven't seen a better player in 3A this (season). He's an exceptional athlete for his size. He's v...
HOSEA GRAHAM
It's what gives us the edge. We're always trapping, always pressuring the ball.
HOSEA GRAHAM
Jeff is the glue to my team. I'd say he's the smartest player I've ever had the privilege of coachin...
HOSEA GRAHAM
I would have never thought that would have happened, but Coach Jarrett (Hatcher) saw potential there...
HOSEA BERKLEY
Nobody can take away what our class was able to accomplish. I don't think there will ever be a group...
HOSEA BERKLEY
Coach (Paul) Hatcher said the streak had to end sometime. I just wish it wasn't tonight. But everyth...
HOSEA BERKLEY
You can just tell. On the court and off the court, he's matured. Night in and night out, he's just g...
HOSEA BERKLEY
We just chill with each other all the time.
HOSEA BERKLEY
We know all the teams from here on out are good, and we need to play our game, not theirs.
HOSEA BERKLEY
It's always fun to play a team from another country. It feels good to hear their guys saying we are ...
HOSEA BERKLEY
It was real fun, especially knowing Shaq?s going to come out there and play, and Gilbert Arenas and ...
HOSEA BERKLEY
Sweet letters of the angel tongue, I've loved ye long and well, And never have failed in your ...
MATHURIN M. BALLOU
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
HOSEA: 8:7