“Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller, and commonplaces are suddenly delightful. You become your best optimistic self. Like romantic love, book love fills you with a certain warmth and completeness. The world holds promise.” WorldFeelsBookSelfSeemsCareCertainReadingLove IsPromiseBurdenOptimisticWarmthRomantic LoveReally GreatDelightfulCommonplaceLightersGreat BookCompletenessBook Love Book:The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life Source: The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life
“Like children, the elders are a burden. But unlike children, they offer no hope or promise. They are a weight and an encumbrance and a mirror of our own mortality. It takes a person of great heart to see past this fact and to see the wisdom the elders have to offer, and so serve them out of gratitude for the life they have passed on to us.” HeartChildrenPersonsFactsPastGratitudePromiseOffersWeightMirrorsBurdenMortalityEldersNo HopeGreat Hearts Book:Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love Source: Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love
“That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.” MenPassionResponsibilityColdPromiseDemandSticksBurdenResolveHumankindSober Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to your honor and glory.” GivingHeartMaySoulLightSeemsEyeRunningAgeAbleSpiritLostPathOur LivesJourneySkyHeroHonorPromiseGloryLonelyBraveSaintBurdenEndlessShouldersTunesGrayFloodThreateningDrearyComradeshipYour Honor Author:Saint Augustine
“The promise to share the burden of our defense has gone unfulfilled for too many for too long, and it erodes the very foundation of NATO.” LongGoneSharePromiseFoundationBurdenDefenseNatoErode Author:Mike Pence
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ...Hope sweetens the memory of experiences well loved. It tempers our troubles to our growth and our strength. It befriends us in the dark hours, excites us in bright ones. It lends promise to the future and purpose to the past. It turns discouragement to determination. Samuel Smiles” WellsPastPurposeTurnsGrowthHoursMemoriesDarkBehindsSunTroubleJourneyPromiseShadowDeterminationCastsBurdenTemperDiscouragementDark Hours Author:Samuel Smiles