The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable, no action or horror beyond powers of description, if one is equal to them.
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We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
The burden which is well borne becomes light.
When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.
None knows the weight of another's burden.
No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'
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