Birth Quotes

2462 Birth quotes by 1595 unique authors

Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild. — David Gemmell
It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real… — Guy Davenport
I am old, and death inevitably approaches. But both birth and death are beyond the will of a human being. They are not my domain.… — B.K.S. Iyengar
At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence,… — Jean-Pierre Melville
And I think the female creative urge is intrinsically biologically linked to our ability to give birth to a child, even if we've never... I've… — Zoe Kazan
When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you… — Reese Hoffa
I walked out to brood on this life of ours, which seems from birth to death to be a steady loss, disguised by sudden gains… — Jeanette Winterson
There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to… — William Winwood Reade
Middle-class families know education begins at birth. — Geoffrey Canada
Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular culture that decides… — Peter Farb
Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul. — Cass Gilbert
Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up for it with death. Unlike women, men menstruate by shedding… — Lucy Ellmann
I want to see the birth of my baby. Hopefully it's a boy. He can play for St. John's. — Jayson Williams
What we have earned by the sweat of our brow, we defend with pride. What we have gained by the accident of birth, we guard… — Robert Breault
Somewhere, out at the edges, the night / Is turning and the waves of darkness / Begin to brighten the shore of dawn... The heavy… — John O'Donohue
Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything. — Bodhidharma
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. — Bodhidharma
Imagine what might happen if women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies, and of… — Christiane Northrup
When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing… — Christiane Northrup
It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star:… — Clarence Day

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