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

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

“Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.”

“Some men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them…”

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

“Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.”

“He'd probably been born with abs. Some were born with abs, some achieved abs, and some - like Simon - had abs thrust upon them by cruel instructors.”

“Some are born crazy,” Amelia said. “Some achieve craziness. We had craziness thrust upon us.”

“Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.”
Habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos, utilitate publica rependitus.