Burden Quotes

1396 Burden quotes by 1016 unique authors

Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted. — Mitch Albom
Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to… — Saint Augustine
To-morrow would bring its own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next; each its own trial, and yet the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few… — Nicholas D. Kristof
Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life,… — Kristin Cashore
The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so… — Cassandra Clare
It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of… — John Green
The mountain has left me feeling renewed, more content and positive than I’ve been for weeks, as if something has been given back after a… — Richard R. Nelson
It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is real. It is a weight you have to carry around. Each failure to… — Ben Okri
No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere… — R A Salvatore
One's days were too brief to take the burden of another's errors on one's shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own… — Oscar Wilde
George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forwar, and, in a theatrical… — Ilona Andrews
I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life.… — David Hockney
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… — Cassandra Clare
Healing blessings come in many ways, each suited to our individual needs, as known to Him who loves us best. Sometimes a ‘healing’ cures our… — Dallin H. Oaks
Christ walked the path every mortal is called to walk so that he would know how to succor and strengthen us in our most difficult… — Jeffrey R. Holland
...There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it. — Frantz Fanon
...she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too… — Milan Kundera
When you were young, you thought time was a burden, something to be discharged as fast as possible so you could be grown-up. But it… — J R Ward
Sometimes the only way to carry a heavy burden is to share it with another — Jim Butcher
It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone. — Deborah Harkness
Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the… — Paulo Coelho
The stigmatized individual is asked to act so as to imply neither that his burden is heavy nor that bearing it has made him different… — Erving Goffman

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