Born
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
One is not born a woman, but becomes one.
People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
A paranoiac like a poet, is born, not made.
True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.
No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
World fertility surveys indicate that anywhere from one third to one half of the babies born in the Third World would not be if their mothers had access to cheap, reliable family planning, had enough personal empowerment to stand up to their husbands and relatives, and could choose their own family size.
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.
It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.
There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.
You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!