burden quotes

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason – to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

In the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy as a prisoner’s chains.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

If you’re always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden.

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.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Respect the burden.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted.