Famous quotes containing the words step and/or ladder:
“I had not taken the first step in knowledge;
I had not learned to let go with the hands,
As still I have not learned to with the heart....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“This monument, so imposing and tasteful, fittingly typifies the grand and symmetrical character of him in whose honor it has been builded. His was “the arduous greatness of things done.” No friendly hands constructed and placed for his ambition a ladder upon which he might climb. His own brave hands framed and nailed the cleats upon which he climbed to the heights of public usefulness and fame.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)