Ladders Quotes
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I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.
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Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.
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The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.
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A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.
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Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
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Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.
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Men do their hardest work at the bottom of the ladder, not at the top.
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If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall.
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Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.
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My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough. But I am done with apple-picking now. Essence of winter sleep is on the night, The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
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Of course, if you think of a European or American household in the '50s, so what were the things that when people started climbing up the ladder, what did they buy? A fridge, a TV, I think piano was the number three item in say '53 or '54.
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In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable.
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If you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.
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They climbed their ladders to wheedle and prune the trees into holiness
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It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.
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I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.
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The ladder of success isn't a ladder. It's a series of steps with leaps interspersed along the way.
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Life feels like a game of Snakes and Ladders, but without any ladders.
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If God built me a ladder to heaven, I would climb it and elbow drop the world
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I don't know why people think I'm this ad-lib dude.
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One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers.
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What signifies the ladder, provided one rise and attain the end?
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.
