"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon."
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"The business of a general is to kick away the ladder behind soldiers when they have climbed up a height."
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"The day you were born, a ladder was set up to help you escape this world."
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"From the moment you entered this world of existence, a ladder was put in front of you so you could escape."
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"In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails."
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"Don't just climb the ladder, chart a new path."
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"I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation."
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"There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury."
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"Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions."
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"A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend."
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"I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception."
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"There's a man going 'round taking names / And he decides who to free and who to blame / Everybody won't be treated all the same / There'll be a golden ladder reaching down / When the Man comes around."
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"If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things."
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"If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you're on the WRONG building."
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"I don't think, I will ever actually climb to the top of the ladder, as I am always adding more rungs."
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"No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung."
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"People who had been treated inhumanly, not given a chance to secure any foot on any ladder - and all the social mores were suddenly abandoned."
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"That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me."
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"When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you"
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"Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough. As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building. Eighty percent of success is showing up."
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