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Jai Ganesh

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Burden Quotes - II

Burden Quotes - II

1. No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days. - Max Planck

2. The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature. - Maria Montessori

3. The burden which is well borne becomes light. - Ovid

4. What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear. - Dag Hammarskjold

5. Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey. - Venerable Bede

6. All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.' - Marilyn Monroe

7. Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off. - Denis Diderot

8. 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. - Dalai Lama

9. Politics is involved when you don't tackle inefficiency and burden people with higher tariffs. - Piyush Goyal

10. Federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-State relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India. Citizens now have the ease of trust, not the burden of proof and process. Businesses find an environment that is open and easy to work in. - Narendra Modi

11. My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition. - William Shatner

12. If you're always under the pressure of real identity, I think that is somewhat of a burden. - Mark Zuckerberg.

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