Birth Life Quotes

• Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself.

  Erich Fromm

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Men

  Man for Himself (1947) ch. 4

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• Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Trying, Invisible Monsters

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters”, p.264, Random House

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  The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

  Erich Fromm

  Life, Birthday, Character

  Man for Himself (1947) ch. 4

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• If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

  Laurence Housman

  Marriage, Mothers Day, Mom

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death.

  Desmond Morris

  Life, Journey, Toys

  In 'Sunday Express' 3 November 1991

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• No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence

  Smiley Blanton

  Children, Love Is, Giving

  Smiley Blanton (1956). “Love or perish”

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• What is this talked-of mystery of birth. But being mounted bareback on the earth?

  Robert Frost

  Earth, Birth, Mystery

  Robert Frost (1971). “The poetry of Robert Frost”

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• He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Life, Mother, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from May 11, 2014

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• Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Death

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 9, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Birthday, Education, Men

  Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.17, eKitap Projesi

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• Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

  Sam Levenson

  Baby, Children, Fun

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.179, Open Road Media

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• The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

  E. M. Forster

  Life, Food, Sleep

  "Aspects of the Novel".

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• It is nature's kindness that we do not remember past births. Life would be a burden if we carried such a tremendous load of memories.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Karma, Memories, Kindness

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• Human self-righteousness denies the need for the saving, enabling grace of Christ. Human righteousness embraces the cruelest of Satan's lies, that a person can be righteous by keeping the law. If that were true, there would have been no need for the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ.

  Paul David Tripp

  Lying, Self, Law

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• Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they're all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That's the lesson behind animals.

  Cesar Millan

  Beautiful, Moving, Animal

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Birth Life And Death, Suffering

  The Characters "Of Mankind" (1688) (translation by Henri Van Laun)

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• No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

  Liya Kebede

  Country, Giving, Poor

  "Let’s Make Mother’s Day a Global Reality" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2009.

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• As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.

  Rodney Yee

  Love, Effectiveness, Birth Life And Death

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• Life that crawled, life that slunk and crept and never closed its eyes. Life that burrowed and scurried, and life so still it was indistinguishable from the ivy stems on which it lay. Birth, life, and death - each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

  Toni Morrison

  Inspirational Life, Eye, Birth Life And Death

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• 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.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Life, Pain, Men

  'Les Caractéres ou les moeurs de ce siécle' (1688) 'De l'homme'

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• Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Opposites, Life Is, Stillness Speaks

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.103, New World Library

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• It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all and showing us over and over again the birth, life, death, and resurrection of his only begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord. It was like a best-loved story being told day after day with each sunrise and sunset, year after year with the seasons, down through the ages since time began.

  Francine Rivers

  Jesus, Sunset, Son

  Francine Rivers (2013). “The Last Sin Eater”, p.286, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

  Toni Morrison

  Life, Death, Nature

  Toni Morrison (1987). “Sula”

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• There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Birth Life And Death, Suffering, Events

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