Birth Quotes

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Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. — John Henrik Clarke
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. — Jean Cocteau
My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine. — Maya Angelou
The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.… — Denis Waitley
Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the… — Robert Kennedy
Merely presenting a driver's license or other document based on a birth certificate is not enough for an accurate verification. Biometric verification of identity must… — Bob Dole
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But… — Ed Koch
Water is the formless potential out of which creation emerged. It is the ocean of unconsciousness enveloping the islands of consciousness. Water bathes us at… — Scott Sanders
Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives in poverty. Do… — Gennadius of Constantinople
Is it not grotesque when the representatives of an antiquated myth-sorcery, who believes in trinity, angels, devils, hell, virgin-birth, bodily Ascension, making of water into… — Karlheinz Deschner
Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. — Robert J. LeRoy
It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the… — Harrison Schmitt
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit,… — Mary Antin
Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. — Frederic Goudy
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and… — Joseph Joubert
At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth. — Peter Ustinov
My mom said giving birth was the most excruciating thing she's ever gone through in her life. So...if [a cesarean] doesn't happen, I'll be like,… — Britney Spears
It is well said that neglected prayer is the birth-place of all evil. — Charles Spurgeon
Wherein lies a poet's claim to originality? That he invents his incidents? No. That he was present when his episodes had their birth? No. That… — Edith Wharton
When we raise ourselves through meditation to what unites us with the spirit, we quicken something within us that is eternal and unlimited by birth… — Rudolf Steiner

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