Quotes about Exhaustion

Ministry burnout is a real problem because it's never-ending.

But it is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.

The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

People pulling 16-hour days on a regular basis are exhausted. They're just too tired to notice that their work has suffered because of it.

Many people turn away from Me when they are exhausted. They associate Me with duty and diligence, so they try to hide from My Presence when they need a break from work. How this saddens Me! As I spoke through My prophet Isaiah: In returning to Me and resting in Me you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.

This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.

People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?

Even in this dark hour I had a sweet consolation. For I knew that except these Mohammedans repented they would go straight to perdition some day. And they never repent—they never forsake their paganism. This thought calmed me, cheered me, and I sank down, limp and exhausted, upon the summit, but happy, so happy and serene within.