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Heavy Burden Quotes

Carrying life's heaviest weights

These heavy burden quotes describe real-world strain, including how soaring prescription drug costs weigh on both families and employers, an issue affecting the American people.

It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.

Quotes by Abby Wambach

Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also imposed a heavy burden on employers - both public and private - who are struggling to provide affordable health insurance coverage to their workers.

Quotes by Susan Collins

Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.

Quotes by Robert Edwards

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

Quotes by Edward VIII

American People Quotes

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.

Quotes by Christina Baker Kline

The American people ask, and legitimately so, why should we carry the heavy burden to ensure international peace and stability. You also profit from it, so you should also take your share in the burden. That's Secretary Gates's message. I...

Quotes by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

When you're writing stuff that's already clotted with neologisms and trying to get across fairly abstruse concepts, you're already putting a heavy burden on the reader.

Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of financial burden do these quotes mention?
One describes how rising prescription drug costs place a heavy burden on both family budgets and employers trying to provide coverage. Related content is in American People quotes.
Is illness discussed as a heavy burden?
Yes, one quote reflects on the weight parents may feel over a child's genetic condition, calling it a heavy and difficult burden.
Is there a quote about a king's burden of duty?
Yes, one famously describes finding it impossible to carry the burden of royal responsibility without support and love.
Do the quotes address emotional trauma as a burden?
Yes, one notes that even resilient people carry the lasting legacy of trauma as a heavy burden to bear.
What overall theme runs through these heavy burden quotes?
They show burden taking many forms, financial, medical, emotional, and civic, all requiring strength or support to carry.

Others speak to deeply personal burdens, from a king weighing royal duty against love, to trauma's lasting weight and the wider burden families carry through illness.