Best 391 quotes in «burden quotes» category

The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.

The old woman dies, the burden is lifted.

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

The purity of Jewish upbringing - the restrictions that one carries through life being a 'nice Jewish girl' - what a burden.

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it.

There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.

There is no greater burden than choosing who to save.

The Savior accomplished the Atonement, which resolves the most terrible burdens that can occur in this life.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

There is nothing for her beyond those gates," Gavriel said. "Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it?

There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.

The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.

The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man.

The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.

The wealth that cannot be administered is a burden.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing burden on those who produce.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

This business of womanhood is a heavy burden.

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.

To be relieved of love, she thought, was to give up a terrible burden.

To cultivate the memory we should confide to it only what we understand and love: the rest is a useless burden; for simply to know by rote is not to know at all.

To friendship every burden's light.

To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.

Too many words are lit for a beast of burden.

Under a cherry tree, all burdens of life fly away!

To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

Under loves heavy burden do I sink. --Romeo

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

Was this what it meant to love someone? That any burden was a burden shared, that they could give you comfort with a word or a touch?

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,And that's the burden of a year.

We practice to liberate ourselves from a burden.

[W]e must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

We're not going to fix the sexual harassment epidemic unless we can acknowledge that this is not a women's issue, this is a man's issue. The burden should not be on the shoulders of women only to solve this, because we can't do it alone and it's not fair. We're seeing now the tsunami of all these women coming forward, which is such a blessing. But the tipping point will be when men in the workplace decide to be our allies.

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?

Whenever you have a proclamation of being chosen, it's always a self-defining process. It's always the people who are chosen who say they are chosen. They never say that about the other. If you're going to say, "I'm chosen," it loads you with a very heavy burden.

Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.

When God says to us, "Give me your load, trust me, what you cannot do, I will do for you," He puts our faith to one of the strongest tests. He never consents to carry our burdens unless we give them to Him.