| "I believe a man is born first unto himself-for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers." »D. H. Lawrence |
| "All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God." »Voltaire |
| "I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey." »Clive Staples Lewis |
| "Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it." »Helen Hayes |
| "In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again and in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God." »James Agee |
| "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." »Anais Nin |
| "The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led." »Warren Bennis |
| "Today is Christmas Eve. Whether or not Christ was born exactly on this date is not important. But chronological accuracy has nothing to do with tonight's event. A grand genius had been born who preached truth and love; who suffered because of his mission; and on account of his sufferings the world has become better, if not saved. Only it gives me nausea to see how some people abuse his name to commit numerous crimes. If he is in heaven, he will certainly protest! (24 December 1886)" »Dr. Jose P. Rizal |
| "The moment you're born you're done for." »Arnold Bennett |
| "I'm a born-again atheist." »Gore Vidal |
| "Why was I born with such contemporaries" »Oscar Wilde |
| "We are all born mad. Some remain so." »Samuel Beckett |
| "It is well to be born either a king or a fool." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| "There's a sucker born every minute." »P Barnum |
| "Friends are born, not made." »Henry Adams |
| "Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it." »Marian Anderson |
| "I came upstairs into the world for I was born in a cellar." »William Congreve |
| "Men are born to succeed, not to fail." »Henry David Thoreau |
| "He was born an Englishman and remained one for years." »Brendan Behan |
| "I was born not knowing and have only had a little time to change that here and there." »Richard Phillips Feynman |
| "Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." »Ronald Reagan |
| "Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here." »Marianne Williamson |
| "It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born." »Ulysses |
| "You're born naked, the rest is drag." »Ru Paul |
| "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." »Richard Feynman |
| "Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness." »Max Ehrmann |
| "To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady." »Wilson Mizner |
| "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes." »Edgard Varese |
| "We are all born originals--why is it so many of us die copies" »Edward Young |
| "Not to know the events which happened before one was born, that is to remain always a boy." »Marcus Tullius Cicero |
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