Top 1200 Burdens Of Life Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.

Oh, definitely and you know you take the bitter with the sweet but the benefits far outweigh the burdens of what I've been able to do for my family, my word.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures—unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.

He had despised the sorcerer, thinking him one of those mewling souls who forever groaned beneath burdens of their own manufacture.

What we seek to advance, what we seek to develop in all of our colleges and universities, are educated men and women who can bear the burdens of responsible citizenship, who can make judgments about life as it is, and as it must be, and encourage the people to make those decisions which can bring not only prosperity and security, but happiness to the people of the United Sates and those who depend upon it.

I've always thought my main concern is to alleviate the burdens on people, who were earning less money, perhaps than £80,000.

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.

Be respected as being new, and probably a decent change or a help for the human race or whatever, instead of keep carrying the same old burdens around with you.

Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems.

The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change.

Feminism insists on women's right to make choices - about whether to marry, whether to have children, whether to combine work and family or to focus on one over the other. It also urges men and women to share the joys and burdens of family life and calls on society to place a higher priority on supporting caregiving work.

Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges, and burdens. We are immersed in a sea of persistent, worldly pressures that could destroy our happiness. Yet these very forces, if squarely faced, provide opportunity for tremendous personal growth and development. The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

Love, one time, layeth burdens; another time, giveth wings.

Many shoulder heavy burdens of righteous responsibility which, on occasion, seem so difficult to bear. I have heard those challenges termed impossible.

A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility.

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.

Arbitrarily changing the time each year makes no sense, and results in significant economic burdens for businesses, including those in NC-11.

As we renew and honor our covenants, our burdens can be lightened and we can continually become purified and strengthened.

Take a hard look at those things, which we needlessly turn into burdens, when they were meant to be blessings.

I'm committed to working with business, both large and small, to make sure we don't impose unnecessary burdens or create damaging labour shortages.

The world is a world of tears, and the burdens of mortality touch the heart.

Some people bear great burdens with grace; others suffer minor inconveniences in misery.

Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.

A man like me should carry his burdens alone. If he doesn't people get hurt

The ultimate goal for me in prayer is to draw near to God...to fall in step with him...to discern his will so that my life might be lived accordingly...to discover what burdens are on his heart that I might take them into my own heart, then pray them back to him.

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens

The ocean, king of mountains and the mighty continents Are not heavy burdens to bear when compared To the burden of not repaying the world's kindness.

The fantastic political and economic burdens imposed by that treaty have entirely disillusioned the German people and annihilated its belief in justice.

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

Knowing we will be with Christ forever far outweighs our burdens today! Keep your eyes on eternity!

Some of the burdens we carry include false weight, perhaps to make up for all the horrible stuff we actually did and forgot.

Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well as burdens.

If you play without the shackles and burdens, then you play like you did when you were a kid.

Prayer is an exchange. We leave our burdens, worries and sin in the hands of God. We come away with oil of joy and the garment of praise.

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.

We cannot keep on carrying burdens of the past and keep ruining our future.

When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness. In this hour divinely fresh and still, the fair face of every flower salutes me with a silent joy. . . . All the cares, perplexities, and griefs of existence, all the burdens of life slip from my shoulders and leave me with the heart of a little child that asks nothing beyond the present moment of innocent bliss.

God wants to wipe away your past and lift your burdens. Do you let Him?

Humor makes our heavy burdens light and smoothes the rough spots in our pathways.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed.

But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burdens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord.

In certain cases, empowering women starts with making their lives easier and removing unnecessary burdens.

Student loan origination fees are nothing more than a hidden tax that burdens students.

Further, bearing up under our own burdens can help us develop a reservoir of empathy for the problems others face.

It will be sufficient to point to the enormous burdens which armaments place on the economic, social, and intellectual resources of a nation, as well as on its budget and taxes.

There comes a time when you have to drop your burdens in order to fight for yourself and your dreams.

The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married.

Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens.

Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well.

If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.

To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.

God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to your honor and glory.

Friends are an indispensable part of a meaningful life. They are the ones who share our burdens and multiply our blessings. A true friend sticks by us in our joys and sorrows. In good times and bad, we need friends who will pray for us, listen to us, and lend a comforting hand and an understanding ear when needed.

Every generation reinvents the wheel - and in the process it often adds to rather than subtracts from a woman's burdens.

Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.

Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.