Burden

Famous quotes containing the word burden:

“Then she took up her burden of life again
Saying only, “It might have been.””
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

“The most consistent gift and burden of motherhood is advice.”
—Susan Chira (20th century)

“Work is a responsibility most adults assume, a burden at times, a complication, but also a challenge that, like children, requires enormous energy and that holds the potential for qualitative, as well as quantitative, rewards. Isn’t this the only constructive perspective for women who have no choice but to work? And isn’t it a more healthy attitude for women writhing with guilt because they choose to compound the challenges of motherhood with work they enjoy?”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)