Ballast Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

“My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes.”

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

Thoughts are not subject to duty.

— Martin Luther

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

— Charlie Chaplin

“Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of…

— James Allen

The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust.

— David Mamet

“Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the guises can…

— F. Sionil José

Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the…

— Hosea Ballou

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to…

— Robert E. Lee

The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.

— Victor Hugo

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to…

— Robert E Lee

The mind must not be forced; artificial and constrained manners fill it with foolish presumption, through unnatural elevation and vain and ridiculous inflation, instead…

— Blaise Pascal

If a sense of duty tortures a man, it also enables him to achieve prodigies.

— H. L. Mencken