Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
LeadershipBurdenIsolationWorry The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep Few people know the predicament we are in.
OverloadBurdenLimitation Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
ResponsibilityPosterityEthicsBurden We should avoid ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
WisdomComfortBurden I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
PrivacyFameControlConformityBurden You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
GratitudeObligationServitudeBurden There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.
DebtGovernmentBurdenChallengeLegacy I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
ResponsibilityHonestyCommitmentBurdenIntegrity Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.
SacrificeBurdenCompassionResponsibility Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.
ReluctanceLeadershipBurdenHumilityPublic Service For myself the delay may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain little credit that my movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution: so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities and inclination which is necessary to manage the helm.