Ballast Quotes

Ballast Quote of the day

Seamen three! what men be ye? Gotham's three Wise Men we be. Whither in your bowl so free? To rake the moon from out the sea. The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine, And our ballast is old wine.

Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.

It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.

Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests, nor reach a safe harbor.

Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.

The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

The mind must have for ballast the clear conception of duty, if it is not to fluctuate between levity and despair.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.