A mother's love, in a degree, ...

A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
 Hosea Ballou

Quotes from the same author

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
 Hosea Ballou
Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.
 Hosea Ballou
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
 Hosea Ballou
It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.
 Hosea Ballou
True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
 Hosea Ballou