Birth Proverbs

Sayings about Birth

Nobility of soul is more honorable than nobility of birth. ~ Dutch Proverbs

Birth is the only remedy against death. ~ Nigerien Proverbs

As soon as man is born he begins to die. ~ Traditional Proverb

He who is born a mule can never be a horse. ~ Corsican Proverbs

When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house. ~ Polish Proverbs

The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet. ~ Saying

The three most beautiful sights: a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child. ~ Irish Proverbs

A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. ~ Mexican Proverbs

Birth, ancestry, and that which you yourself have not achieved can hardly be called your own. ~ Greek Proverbs

Give me, mother, luck at my birth, then throw me if you will on the rubbish heap. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs

Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake. ~ Saying

Men were born with bread in their hands women were born with empty hands. ~ Hebrew Proverb

Woman was born three days earlier than the devil. ~ Korean Proverbs

A dying man discovers the honesty with which he was born. ~ Japanese Proverbs

Don't give a child a name until after it is born. ~ Netherlands Antillean Proverb

The pumpkin gives birth and the fence has the trouble. ~ Moroccan Proverbs

Do not make the dress before the child is born. ~ Tanzanian Proverbs

We start to die when we are born, and the end depends on the beginning. ~ Latin Proverbs

A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~ Saying

Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home. ~ African Proverb

If it's not your time, you won't be born and you won't die. ~ Corsican Proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~ Chinese Proverbs

Who is born a chicken loves scratching. ~ French Proverbs

I came to the place of my birth and cried, "The friends of my youth, where are they?" And echo answered, "Where are they?" ~ Arabian Proverbs

Birth takes a woman's deepest fears about herself and show her that she is stronger than them. ~ Saying

When a girl is born all four walls weep. ~ Russian Proverbs

Some people are born hammers, others anvils. ~ Traditional Proverb

The newborn baby yells; you die in silence. ~ Russian Proverb

I cried when I was born and each day now I realize why. ~ French Proverb

If you are born an ass, you will die one. ~ Hebrew Proverb

One is born, one dies; the land grows. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs

We will be grateful to flowers only if they have born fruits. ~ Zimbabwean Proverbs

All the past died yesterday; the future is born today. ~ Chinese Proverb

There are two kinds of perfect person; one who is dead and the other one is not yet born. ~ Chinese Proverb

The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's. ~ Indian Proverbs

Don't trust your wife until she has born you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb

It is easy to be born, it is difficult to be a human being. ~ Filipino Proverbs

Where you were born is less important than how you live. ~ Turkish Proverb

A man will be born in his house and will die in the desert. ~ Manchuria Proverb

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. ~ American Proverb

No child was ever born without having been conceived. ~ Filipino Proverb

A cow gave birth to a fire; she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

The person who has been a slave from birth does not value rebellion. ~ Yoruba Proverb

Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of 'you' to the world. ~ Saying

If age and experience came at birth, We would have neither youth nor mirth. ~ Russian Proverb

We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~ Saying

He who is born in jail loves jail. ~ Greek Proverb

Quotations about Birth

When we are born we cry that we are come... to this great stage of fools. ~ William Shakespeare

Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile. ~ Oscar Wilde

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors. ~ Plutarch

Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies. ~ Erich Fromm

Birth is as safe as life gets. ~ Harriette Hartigan

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. ~ Samuel Johnson

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it. ~ Doug Horton

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~ Robert Frost

Birth is a mystery. Words are not enough. ~ Marie O'Connor

Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers. ~ Marquis De Vauvenargues

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. And, the grace of God is the glue. ~ Eugene O'Neill

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

Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear. ~ Jane Weideman

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. ~ Heinrich Heine

Birth matters. It brings us into being, on many levels. ~ Ananda Lowe

Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint. ~ Doug Horton

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter

The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once. ~ E.Joseph Cossman

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. ~ Andy Warhol

Our birth is nothing but our death begun. ~ Edward Young

What is birth to a man if it shall be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an offspring? ~ Sir Philip Sidney

The moment you're born you're done for. ~ Arnold Bennett

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. ~ George Harrison

Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength. ~ Barbara Katz Rothman

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? ~ Mary Astell

Being born, we die; our end is consequent on our beginning. ~ Manilius

We are all born mad. Some remain so. ~ Samuel Beckett

There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don't ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it. ~ Sheryl Feldman

Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau

We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong. ~ Laura Stavoe Harm

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