A Quote by Monica Lewinsky

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

Monica Lewinsky

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Monica Lewinsky
American - Celebrity
Born: July 23, 1973

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

William Shakespeare

I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.'

Shaquille O'Neal

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

John W. Gardner

With due apologies to Shakespeare, some people are born writers, some people achieve it after a lot of hard work, some people have a writing career thrust upon them. I am in that last group.

Amish Tripathi

Some people may have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly, by “doin' what comes naturally”; and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

John W. Gardner

[S]ome people are self-starters, and some people are born lazy. Some people are born victims. Some people are just born to be slaves. Some people are born to put up with somebody else making every decision for them.

Rush Limbaugh

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

Frank Dane

Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.

Robin Williams

Some people are born to trains, and some have trains thrust upon them. Fortunately, I can be included in this latter category.

Michael Portillo

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Joseph Heller

Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.

Dick Francis

Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and some have leadership thrust upon them. Which of these are you, or would you rather not bother?

Maurice Flanagan

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.

Gary Saul Morson

Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, achieve them; but others seem by necessity to have dates thrust upon them.