“Some are born to obscurity and others only achieve it through diligent effort.”

— Roger Zelazny

A Museum Piece (p. 217)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

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American speculative fiction writer 1937–1995

Dick Francis (1920–2010) English jockey and crime writer

Source: To the Hilt (1996)

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”

Francis Bacon book Essays

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Essays (1625)

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

Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American historian

As quoted in Book of Humorous Quotations (1998), by Connie Robertson, p. 29.

“I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.”

Clarice Lispector book The Hour of the Star

Source: The Hour of the Star

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”

William Shakespeare Twelfth Night

Malvolio, Act II, scene v.
Variant: Some are born great, others achieve greatness.
Source: Twelfth Night (1601)

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

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) poet, mountaineer, occultist

Source: The Scented Garden Of Abdullah The Satirist Of Shiraz

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

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet

“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.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: Bitter of Tongue

“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.”

Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) American football player, coach, and executive

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

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Variant: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity trust upon them.
Source: Catch-22 (1961)
Context: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.

“Some are born to obscurity and others only achieve it through diligent effort.”

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