Burden Quotes

1396 Burden quotes by 1016 unique authors

The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer. — Oscar Wilde
As we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's… — Richard Paul Evans
Jesus didn't come to earth to establish a new religion. He came to restore a broken relationship. He came to make the primary, primary again.… — Charles R. Swindoll
Her drama was a drama not of heaviness but of lightness. What fell to her lot was not the burden but the unbearable lightness of… — Milan Kundera
It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a… — Sarah Waters
Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others. — Fulton J. Sheen
I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden. — Walter Kirn
I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal… — Jo Nesbo
Your actions are your own. Your choices are your own. Each of us carries a burden of guilt for decisions made or not made. You… — Juliet Marillier
Inside my head I carry: my baby goat, my baby brother, my ama's face, our family's future. My bundle is light. My burden is heavy. — Patricia McCormick
She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. If you love someone… — Jodi Picoult
Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground? — Voltaire
In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life… — John Robbins
I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone… — David Levithan
his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it — Amish Tripathi
Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it.… — Rosamunde Pilcher
I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of… — Voltaire
If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The… — Eckhart Tolle
He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other. — Robert Penn Warren
If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself. — George S. Clason
Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet… it’s so… — Danielle Steel
Placing the burden on the individual to break down doors in finding better education for a child is attractive to conservatives because it reaffirms their… — Jonathan Kozol
I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don't be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it even with everything… — Emmanuel Levinas

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