#ladder

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#i #know #ladder #more #moved

Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#down #drops #every #grade #ladder

I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing. ↗

— George Woodcock

#ascended #away #believe #i #kicking

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#bitterness #climb #enthusiasm #floor #fulfill

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#ladder #man #playing #poet #puts

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder. ↗

— Paul J. Meyer

#merely #mistakes #steps #up

I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn't understand. That was very hard. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#back #back up #beginning #career #climb

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#ladder #never #success #success is #top

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#enough #foot #higher #him #hold

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers. ↗

— Michael Andretti

#drivers #i #ladder #like #one thing