Quotes About Burden

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Yes, a lifetime of happiness. If it were only the first half hour's happiness, Tavy, I would buy it for you with my last penny. But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Perhaps it was a presentiment that it might become a  part of our old Bridgenorth burden that made me warn our  Governments so earnestly that unless the law of marriage were  first made human, it could never become divine.

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel – that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.

Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning.

Tem dó do fardo alheio, porque o seu peso errante Poderá visitar-te a ti e a mim.

Boots and shoes are the greatest trouble of my life

Hetty's mind was oppressed at that moment with a worse difficulty than poor Lisbeth's ways; she could not care about them.

So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a song then, even one like Don't Bother Me , helps to get rid of some subconscious burden. Writing a song is like going to confession.

None knows the weight of another's burthen.

forgiveness is actually for yourself: until you forgive, you carry the burden and the weight of the grief.

Since the 1970s, the concept of taxation has shifted from the source of needed, and often revered, public resources to the idea that taxation is a burden—an affliction in need of "tax relief.

Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure.

Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff around all day.

You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.

If I was a carpenter, and I was trying to maintain my father's musical legacy, then I guess it would be a burden because it wouldn't be natural to me to be dealing in music when my natural ability is in woodwork or whatever. But because my natural talent is also music, it kind of makes it much easier.

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.

You're feeling the responsibility for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people on your shoulder in a way that I couldn't feel as lieutenant governor.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us.