O. Henry Quotes

No human being shall be burdened with more than he is well able to bear.

The ass bears the load, but not the overload.

Lives that are so conspicuous have a claustrophobic feeling. Once you're in charge of running a country, you're under scrutiny all the time. That's a trap.

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.

You can help a thousand...but you can't carry three on your back!

Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.

The majority of my problems stem from other people's issues, but when you're a leader or somebody that people look to for guidance or to be a shoulder to lean on, you got to be strong enough to hold all that weight.

You can only control so much.

Realizing the responsibility I've been entrusted with... it's humbling. Very humbling.

When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.

When you get the armband, everyone looks to you to lead, and when things go wrong, then you get criticised the most, and I need to take that on the chin.

Players sometimes don't want to have this heavy weight on their shoulders to carry the team or to get asked in certain situations to have that responsibility.

It's a great thing to have: that pressure everywhere you go, that responsibility. I think it's good to have it.

I have to say that you don't really know stress until you know that the path of the free world is resting a little bit on your shoulders.

Many who take up burdens come to resent being put upon.

I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over the next 40 years here in the United States, and make sure that the United States - which I believe almost alone has maintained watch and ward for freedom - that the United States meet its responsibility. That is a wonderful challenge for us as a people.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

I had repeatedly accepted inappropriate burdens, stepping in to do what needed to be done. In retrospect, I think I carried them well, but the cost was that I was chronically overloaded, weary, and short of time for politicking, smoothing ruffled feathers, and simply resting.

Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.