Burden Quotes - Page 8

The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority and domination bears a severe burden of proof. It is not self-legitimizing. And when it cannot bear the burden, as is commonly the case, it should be dismantled.

Some [people] may be "servants of the power structure," but that has to be shown. I think it often can be shown, but the burden of proof is on the critic who puts forth that thesis in particular cases.

God is not an obligation or burden. God is the joy of my life!

I was rejected, never given any expectations. ... Then at least, I won't be a burden to others. It's alright if the only one who hurts is me...!

Here is a vocation that will bring you more satisfaction than if you became a millionaire ten times over: Develop the extraordinary skill for detecting the burdens of others and devote yourself daily to making them lighter.

Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress.

Near or far, there are burdens and terrors in sisterhood, and perhaps the nearer, the more complicated.

Our burden in going forward is tremendous. But our opportunity is glorious.

It's also important to develop a burden for the lost.

The threat [of the U.S. bills SOPA and PIPA] is the inversion of the burden of proof, where we suddenly are all treated like thieves at every moment we're given the freedom to create, to produce or to share.

Congress has become so dysfunctional that more and more of a burden is placed on the agencies to fill in the gaps. And the gaps get bigger and bigger because they're not constantly refreshed and tweaked.

The Savior accomplished the Atonement, which resolves the most terrible burdens that can occur in this life.

Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.

Value equals benefits received for burdens endured.

I believe that by releasing "passing interest/low keepsake-value literature" from the burden of physicality, you are actually releasing the words from their worst liability: the price and inconvenience of actual bookness.

To friendship every burden's light.

Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.

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.

Don't live in the past and don't carry the past around like a burden.

Shoulders are from God and burdens too.

It would be good if we bore one another's burdens.

Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.

Your gift is not a burden," she whispered. "But you must be brave, because it has more power than the sharpest claw.

Keeping the commandments of God is not a difficult burden when we do it out of love of him who has so graciously blessed us.

Every burden prepares you for eternity.