Burden Quotes - page 5

Some commentators have drawn such a stark and gloomy picture of the Weimar Republic's early difficulties that the Republic seems foredoomed to failure from the outset... The conditions in which Weimar democracy were born were certainly not such as to help it flourish; and as it unfolded, it was clearly saddled with a burden of problems, in a range of areas. (Mary Fulbrook)
Whatever tends to lighten one's burden must be examined carefully. For although such alleviation is sometimes justified and reasonable, it is most often a deceitful prescription of the evil inclination, and must, therefore, be subjected to much analysis and investigation. View quote
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling - then your poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if you are rich, live with your riches. All this is the functioning of Buddha-nature. In short, Buddha-nature has the quality of infinite adaptability. View quote
Philip Kapleau
There is nothing for her beyond those gates," Gavriel said. "Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it? View quote
Holly Black
The evidence of evolution pours in, not only from geology, paleontology, biogeography, and anatomy (Darwin's chief sources), but from molecular biology and every other branch of the life sciences. To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of evolution is simply ignorant - inexcusably ignorant, in a world where three out of four people have learned to read and write. Doubts about the power of Darwin's idea of natural selection to explain this evolutionary process are still intellectually respectable, however, although the burden of proof for such skepticism has become immense... View quote
Daniel Dennett
Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you. View quote
James Patterson
Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away. View quote
Alice Hoffman
Come to me all who are weary and heavy burden.." Go to the throne, not the phone. The people on the other end aren't qualified to fix your problems, they don't know what they're doing either!!! ~ -Joyce Meyers. View quote
Joyce Meyer
The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear. View quote
Edwin Louis Cole
Being Elvis Presley's daughter is a whole lot of pressure. It's been a constant burden in my life. (Lisa Marie Presley)
To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart. View quote
Brian Jones
I don't mind pointing out some of the failings of old age, because we are all headed in that direction, unless of course we take our own lives before we become a burden. I'm not advocating suicide, oh wait, I guess I am. View quote
Amy Sedaris
Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me. View quote
Flannery O’Connor
In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly. View quote
Al Roker
I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive. View quote
Birch Bayh
It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you. View quote
Bobby Womack
America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq. View quote
Barbara Mikulski
If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises to tomorrow's retirees, and it will burden our children and grandchildren with exhaustive taxes. View quote
Chris Chocola
Our ministry is supported entirely by faith, through the missions gifts of readers who receive my messages every three weeks. We seldom mention money, and we never burden supporters. View quote
David Wilkerson
In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough. (Elizabeth McGovern)
If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They shouldbe a comfort and a protection. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them. View quote
Emanuel Cleaver
If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided. View quote
Edmund Barton
The reason people talk about cable cutting is they imagine the price burden will get so high that people won't be able to pay it. They're missing something: that the actual price of the electronic package is going down. They've got their Internet, phone, TV, all of it. Now people are using more and more stuff for less. View quote
Jeffrey Bewkes