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Saturday, September 28th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Burden'

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True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.
Robert Reich, American Economist (1946-  )
We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here.
Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer (1898-1970)
I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden.
Ruth Rendell, British Writer (1930-  )
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 should be a comfort and a protection.
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards, -
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.
Al Roker, American Entertainer (1954-  )
Why isn't it natural for people who have lived and worked at something to want to use the knowledge and capacity in a new way, free from the burden of making a living?
James Rouse, American Businessman (1914-1996)
All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream.
John Salazar, American Politician (1953-  )
Only the closest collaborators of the Fuehrer know how difficult is the burden of this responsibility; how sorrowful are the hours during which decisions must be made which bear upon the well being and the fate of all of Germany.
Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist (1877-1970)
Reducing the tax burden is necessary to produce economic growth.
Bob Schaffer, American Politician (1962-  )
My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.
Michael Schumacher, German Celebrity (1969-  )
Lay the burden at the feet of the Savior.
Richard G. Scott, American Clergyman (1928-  )
The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.
Jeff Sessions, American Politician (1946-  )
I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden alone. I needed, and got, assistance.
Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist (1914-1992)
Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses.
Michael K. Simpson, American Politician (1950-  )
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author (1812-1904)
Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
Ed Smith, -
Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden.
John Spratt, American Politician (1942-  )
Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.
Philip Stanhope, British Statesman (1694-1773)
The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet (1861-1941)
Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
Amy Tan, American Novelist (1952-  )
 
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