You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable.
An hour crept by. I think it was an hour. I hardly recognized it. Bearing no resemblance to any of the numerous other hours of my acquaintance, I hardly recognized a single second of it.
Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.
He wasn't aware of it but when he smiled he looked like an amiable bear. When he didn't smile he didn't look amiable
I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind.
I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.
Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant.
Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze.
There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.
Fools, their wisdom weak, are their own enemies as they go through life, doing evil that bears bitter fruit.
If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.
We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too.
For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.
Time is, in fact, a cross to bear, it passes on inexorably and remorselessly, destroying everything in its wake, save art and works of the intellect.
Does not people's preoccupation these days with drugs, alcohol, medication and self deception prove that the truth not only hurts, but it is torture to bear?
Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.
