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“Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At the stroke of a politician's pen. Give us the man of thousands ten, Fit to do as well as to plan; Give us a rallying-cry, and then Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man.”

Men Giving Wells Born Plans Cry He Man Politician Fit Fame Ten Fellows Pens Strokes Fellow Man Abraham Mould Man Of God Rallying Rallying Cry

Author:Edmund Clarence Stedman

“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.”

“I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for a moment lost sight of the humble life I was born to, its small environments, and the consequently little right I had to expect much of myself, and shall have the less to censure, or upbraid myself with for the failures I must see myself make.”

Feels Littles Moments Lost Born Loss Environment Humility Failure Fame Sight Praise Humble Censure Upbraid

Author:Clara Barton

“It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty. When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature. I want them to know that you don't have to be the biggest or the strongest to reach your goals, and that hard work and perseverance are also rewarded.”

“As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles, I was really interested in the idea of people who move here to get into the business, and some of them do become famous and then oftentimes they fall out of that fame in very terrible ways.”

People Way Ideas Moving Fall Born Terrible Fame Raised Los Angeles Born And Raised

Author:Amber Tamblyn

“I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.”

Knows Men Want Made Different Young Born Wealth Mistake Fame Young Man

Author:Barack Obama

“I value fame as much as if I had been born a Hero.”

Ifs Values Born Hero Fame

Book:The Rover: The Feigned Courtesans ; The Lucky Chance ; The Emperor of the Moon

Source: The Rover: The Feigned Courtesans ; The Lucky Chance ; The Emperor of the Moon

“What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing the sea of people was, "What a remarkable country this is and how lucky am I that we live in a place where the son of a single mom, not born into any kind of fame or fortune, in a pretty remote state somehow can end up be in a position to - to make a difference."”

“Oh! why was I born with a different face? why was I not born like the rest of my race? when I look,each one starts! when I speak, I offend; then Im silent & passive & lose every friend. Then my verse I dishonour, my pictures despise, my person degrade & my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; all my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. Im either too low or too highly prized; when elate I m envy'd, when meek Im despis'd”

Source: The Selected Poems of William Blake

“You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.”

Ifs Knows Time Values Born Fame Time Management Value Of Time

Author:Luc de Clapiers

“A life that stood out as a gospel of self-forgetting service. He could have added fortune to fame but caring for neither he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world. The centre of his world was the south where he was born in slavery some 79 years ago and where he did his work as a creative scientist.”

World Years Self Science Found Born Forget Creative Birth Honor Fame Research Years Ago Scientist Slavery Fortune South Caring Helpful Centre Found Happiness

Author:George Washington Carver

“Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born.”

Born Grief Fame Motherhood Scorn Mirth

Book:Factories, Poems

Source: Factories, Poems