“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
Birthday Quotes · Page 3
Celebrate life milestones with warm and witty birthday quotes for every age and occasion. Whether heartfelt or humorous, find the perfect words for someone's special day.
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“I call upon you, young men, to obey your heart, and be the nobility of this land.”
“The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.”
“I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.”
“The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds.”
“My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.”
“Courtship is the time for sowing those seeds which will grow up ten years into domestic hatred.”
“A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
“Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever.”
“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!”
“No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.”
“Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination!”
“Do you know that Old Age may come after you, with equal grace, force, fascination?”
“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.”