It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch
God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America. Ben Carson
You don't have to be born in New York City to be a New Yorker. You have to live here for six months. And if at the end of the six months you walk faster, you talk faster, you think faster, you're a New Yorker. Ed Koch
It is better to be born lucky than rich. Latin Proverb
It is as natural to be born as to die. Romanian Proverb
Better to be born a limpet in the sea, than a load bearing donkey. Sicilian Proverb