Born Quotes - Page 2

• Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Children, Educational

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• Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

  Barry Switzer

  Life, Motivational, Sports

  "The Unknown Barry Switzer - Poverty, Tragedy Build Oklahoma Coach into a Winner". Chicago Tribune, December 14, 1986.

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• And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

  Francis of Assisi

  Death, Dying, Eternal Life

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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• Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

  Mark Twain

  Happy Birthday, Time, Growing Up

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.29, St. Martin's Press

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• A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

  Frank A. Clark

  Love, Relationship, Valentines Day

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• Birthdays? yes, in a general way;
  For the most if not for the best of men:
  You were born (I suppose) on a certain day:
  So was I: or perhaps in the night: what then?

  James Kenneth Stephen

  Birthday, Night, Men

  James Kenneth Stephen (1909). “Lapsus Calami and Other Verses”

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• I was born when you kissed me.

  Dorothy B. Hughes

  Sad Love, Short Love, Kissing

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• I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Love, Passion, Giving

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

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• Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

  Bertrand Russell

  Hope, Misery, Extremes

  "Unpopular Essays". Book by Bertrand Russell, Chapter 3: The Future of Mankind (p. 36), 1950.

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• Why was I born with such contemporaries?

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcastic, Book, Beer

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• I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!

  Audrey Hepburn

  Dog, Half, Dutch

  "Audrey Hepburn" by Barry Paris, (p. 46), 2002.

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• All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

  Lord Byron

  Happiness, Meaningful, Angel

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.245, Routledge

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  I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.

  Humphrey Bogart

  Love, You Left Me, Week

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• He not busy being born is busy dying.

  Bob Dylan

  Life, Happy Birthday, Music

  "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" (song) (1965)

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• Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Leadership, Graduation

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• A little child born yesterday
  A thing on mother's milk and kisses fed.

  Homer

  Mother, Baby, Children

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• Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

  Edgard Varese

  Inspirational, Children, People

  As quoted by Martha Graham in Dance Observer, Volumes 24-27, p. 5, 1957.

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• Happiness was born a twin.

  Lord Byron

  Inspirational, Happiness, Twins

  Lord Byron (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.245, Routledge

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• The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.

  Rajneesh

  Mothers Day, Mom, Children

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• Leaders aren't born they are made.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Discipline

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• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Night, Greatness, Born Leaders

  "Book of Humorous Quotations" by Connie Robertson, (p. 29), 1998.

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• Friends are born, not made.

  Henry Adams

  Love, Life, Friendship

  The Education of Henry Adams ch. 7 (1907)

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• It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

  Charles Dickens

  Baby, Answers, World

  Charles Dickens (1839). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”, p.347

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• We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

  Judith Martin

  Positive, Society, Belief

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• Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Attitude, Power, Secret Love

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