You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I don't even like walking up a ladder; I'm petrified of heights.
He climbs highest who helps another up.
Man has climbed up from some lower animal form, but he has, as it were, pulled the ladder up after him.
I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.
I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as there's one guy down there, I'm fine.
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or selectively lower it down to allow their friends, allies, and kin to scramble up. In other words: 'Who says meritocracy says oligarchy.'
I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
There's no 'Chutes and Ladders' in life.
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