Born
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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.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
We are all born alone and die alone. The loneliness is definitely part of the journey of life.
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.
I sometimes feel that I have been born to attract controversy.
We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.
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!
Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.