#burden

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#ball #burden #descendants #direct #drop

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#bible #burden #dose #handbook #keeping

To be relieved of love, she thought, was to give up a terrible burden. ↗

— Anita Shreve

#love #love

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Ladies and gentlemen, this is what Christianity is all about. God never intended for us to walk this world alone, and Christ did not die for us to keep His love all to ourselves. ↗

— Jen Stephens

#christ #christianity #love #love

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided. ↗

— Edmund Barton

#bear #burden #duty #educate #education

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

— Peter S. Beagle

#goes #great #greatness #half #heroes

Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#burden #effort #happen #horrible #horrible things

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. ↗

— Jeremy Collier

#books #burden #keep #our #ourselves

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#apparently #bearing #burden #coming #custody

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart. ↗

— Brian Jones

#circumstances #death #heart #just #like