Quote by William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have g

Summary

This quote, often attributed to William Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night," conveys the idea that greatness can come to individuals in different ways. It recognizes that while some individuals are naturally endowed with great qualities or talents from birth, others can work hard and accomplish greatness through their efforts. Additionally, it acknowledges the possibility that greatness can be imposed on individuals unexpectedly or undeservedly, perhaps due to circumstances or opportunities beyond their control. Ultimately, the quote highlights the diverse paths through which greatness can be attained, emphasizing that it is not limited to any specific origin or trajectory.

Topics

By William Shakespeare

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admi

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.

Charles Dickens

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will u

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

The era of the political was one of anomie: crisis, violence

The era of the political was one of anomie: crisis, violence, madness and revolution. The era of the trans-political is that of anomaly: an aberration of no consequence, contemporaneous with the event of no consequence.

Jean Baudrillard

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumati

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and b

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my own constitution; the only wrong what is against it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing real

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

Baltasar Gracian

Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own sp

Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.

Martin Scorsese

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

Horace, Epistles, bk I, epistle