Burden Quotes

1396 Burden quotes by 1016 unique authors

I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I… — Jim Butcher
There is no greater burden than great potential. — Charles M. Schulz
His eyes softened. I thought maybe he pitied me, but it was something else. "Ultimately, it will be your burden to bear. It's always the… — Kami Garcia
A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control. — Leonard Cohen
I wished she'd been smart enough, or loving enough, to realize everybody has burdens that crush them, only they don't give up their children. — Sue Monk Kidd
Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God,… — John Calvin
In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him… — J.R.R. Tolkien
...you have to learn where your pain is. You have to burrow down and find the wound, and if the burden of it is too… — Jane Hamilton
The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired. — Harlan Ellison
He gets hurt by the smallest touch. It'll be okay, as long as there will finally be a day. Eventually, one day. It will be… — Natsuki Takaya
I'm still willing to continue living with the burden of this memory. Even though this is a painful memory, even though this memory makes my… — Natsuki Takaya
Go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to the question whether… — Rainer Maria Rilke
…just as Christian came up to the Cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, fell from off his back, and began to tumble down… — John Bunyan
Love was a sacred garment, woven of a fabric so thin that it could not be seen, yet so strong that even mighty death could… — Dean Koontz
Brigan," she said, annoyed that he had not understood. "I’ll always be beautiful. Look at me. I have one hundred and sixty two bug bites,… — Kristin Cashore
Ivan tells Anna: "I used to imagine that being embraced by a woman . . . as something so wonderful that it would make me… — Vasily Grossman
A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing… — Ursula K. Le Guin
The strain of constant adaptation to so many fearful events and discoveries is already too much to bear with sanity; one has to keep pretending… — Janet Frame
To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness… to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an… — C.S. Lewis
If you really love her, Cratus, let her know it every day. And always put her before you and your wants just as you’ve done… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in… — Truman Capote
This business of womanhood is a heavy burden. — Tsitsi Dangarembga
Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to… — William P. Young
Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands. Curtsied when you have and kissed The wild waves whist, Foot is featly here and there;… — William Shakespeare

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