#burden

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

Free yourself from the poisonous and laborious burden of holding a grudge. When you hold a grudge, you want someone else's sorrow to reflect your level of hurt, but the two rarely meet. Let go… Sometimes, forgiveness is simply a reflection of loving yourself enough to move on. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#forgive #free-yourself #grudge #hurt #let-go

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

Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#american #american taxpayer #been #billion #burden

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#freedom #lost #never #realize #really

OFSTED has made large cuts in the paperwork which schools are asked to provide and further steps to reduce the bureaucratic burden will be introduced in September. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#burden #bureaucratic #cuts #further #introduced

The alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden. ↗

— Richard Neal

#avoid #benefits #burden #certain #designed