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Burden Quotes - Page 2

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

Peace Pilgrim (1981). “Steps Toward Inner Peace”, p.15, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.

"Muhammad Ali: What I've Learned". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 17, 2012.

Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.

"21 Leaders for the 21st Century". Interview for Women's E News, 2008.

Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them

Henning Mankell (2013). “The Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallendar Mystery”, p.140, The New Press

No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.

A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

None knows the weight of another's burden.

George Herbert (1871). “The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum”, p.250

If you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other.

Robert Penn Warren (2006). “All the King's Men”, p.656, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt