Burden Quotes

1396 Burden quotes by 1016 unique authors

No, he hadnâ€™t just dragged her to California. Heâ€™d dragged her into a cursed eternity. A burden that should have been his alone to bear. — Lauren Kate
God doesn't give people burdens they can't handle. — Jodi Picoult
The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he… — John Owen
There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back. — Sarah Dessen
Your gift is not a burden," she whispered. "But you must be brave, because it has more power than the sharpest claw... — Erin Hunter
One must never allow oneself to acquire an exaggerated sense of one's own importance. There's no necessity to burden oneself with absolutes — Ayn Rand
I believe that many people are unhappy because they have not learned to be grateful. Some carry the burden of bitterness and resentfulness for many… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
[to Jesus] You did not come down from the cross when they shouted to you, mocking and reviling you: "Come down from the cross and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had… — Melanie Benjamin
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin — Bill Watterson
Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you. — James Patterson
We know, at least, that this decision (ending factory farming) will help prevent deforestation, curb global warming, reduce pollution, save oil reserves, lessen the burden… — Jonathan Safran Foer
[W]e must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory. — Milan Kundera
Much as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will not be ours… — Frederick Buechner
I assure you, Constable Morgan, I am quite sane, as I understand the word, perhaps the sanest person in this room, for I suffer from… — Rick Yancey
Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up on… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
And there was Frodo, pale and worn, and yet himself again; and in his eyes there was peace now, neither strain of will, nor madness,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
All of which raises the question â€“ your task, burden, privilege, call it what you like â€“ a question which men and women, great and… — Ron Currie Jr.
Was memory always as much of a burden as it could sometimes be a blessing. — Mary Balogh
My daughter squealed again and both Bubba and I winced. Itâ€™s not an attractive sound, that. Itâ€™s high-pitched and it enters your ear canals like… — Dennis Lehane

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