--- title: "12 World on your shoulders Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 World on your shoulders quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best World on your shoulders sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/sylvester-stallone-966_can-do_when-you-are-young-you-often-think-that_1940762.jpg" --- > [When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. You think you can do anything, can take the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvester-stallone/when-you-are-young-you-often-think-that-the-world-spins-around-you/) [Sylvester Stallone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvester-stallone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/sylvester-stallone-966_can-do_when-you-are-young-you-often-think-that_1940762.jpg) > [Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/drop-the-idea-that-you-are-atlas-carrying-the-world-on-your-shoulders/) [Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/norman-vincent-peale-539_atlas_drop-the-idea-that-you-are-atlas-carryin_2928028.jpg) > [“I know you're capable of juggling the entire world on your shoulders, but you don't have to do it alone. Do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaci-burton/i-know-you-re-capable-of-juggling-the-entire-world-on-your-shoulders/) [Jaci Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaci-burton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/jaci-burton-2081_world-on-your-should_i-know-you-re-capable-of-juggling-the-en_1730016.jpg) > [Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/don-t-be-afraid-to-let-her-into-your-heart-and-when-your-down-don-t/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/elton-john-849_afraid_don-t-be-afraid-to-let-her-into-your-hea_2321461.png) > [“The benefit of carrying the entire world on your shoulders was that you didn’t have to stare it in the face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhian-j-martin/the-benefit-of-carrying-the-entire-world-on-your-shoulders-was-that/) [Rhian J. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhian-j-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/rhian-j-martin-45462_benefit_the-benefit-of-carrying-the-entire-world_651193.jpg) > [They calling you the saviour, so much pressure but you deal with it The weight of the world on your shoulders but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole/they-calling-you-the-saviour-so-much-pressure-but-you-deal-with-it/) [J Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/j-cole-754_saviour_they-calling-you-the-saviour-so-much-pre_787420.png) > [“Make sure you don't carry the burden of the whole world on your shoulders, just in case someone needed them to cry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nema-al-araby/make-sure-you-don-t-carry-the-burden-of-the-whole-world-on-your/) [Nema Al-Araby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nema-al-araby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/nema-al-araby-23155_burden_make-sure-you-don-t-carry-the-burden-of_256444.jpg) > [“When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/when-you-have-the-world-on-your-shoulders-god-alone-can-help-you/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/matshona-dhliwayo-52_burden-quotes_when-you-have-the-world-on-your-shoulder_2539230.jpg) > [When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-hicks/when-you-take-the-problems-of-the-world-on-your-shoulders-your-body/) [Esther Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/esther-hicks-592_adversity_when-you-take-the-problems-of-the-world_1261354.png) > [I think that when you're young, you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. You're anxious; the world seems like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alesha-dixon/i-think-that-when-you-re-young-you-carry-the-weight-of-the-world-on/) [Alesha Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alesha-dixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/alesha-dixon-7309_anxious_i-think-that-when-you-re-young-you-carry_2688641.jpg) > [“She's too drunk to remember all the words, but it doesn't matter - he already knows them. It's his song, the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-henderson/she-s-too-drunk-to-remember-all-the-words-but-it-doesn-t-matter-he/) [Eleanor Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-henderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/eleanor-henderson-50546_music_she-s-too-drunk-to-remember-all-the-word_1588427.jpg) > [If you take this life to be simply what old religious folks pretend (I mean the effete, gone to seed in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-you-take-this-life-to-be-simply-what-old-religious-folks-pretend-i/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/henry-david-thoreau-20_ache_if-you-take-this-life-to-be-simply-what_2904334.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-on-your-shoulders/#itemlist", "name": "World on your shoulders Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. 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