No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.

It's sort of the American way to go up and down the ladder, maybe several times in a lifetime.

— Martha Stewart

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

— Joe Girard

Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.

— Adam Ondra

Put plainly, China seems determined to steal its way up the economic ladder, at our expense.

— Christopher A. Wray

You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.

— Anonymous

In order for us to reach success, we must first find, the ladder.

— Robert M. Hensel

I'm a little bit superstitious, and I think that just comes from playing hockey. I won't avoid the number thirteen. A big one for…

— James Badge Dale

The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.

— Shane Black

“I got waylaid by another of your throng of supporters and well-wishers so you only have yourself to blame.” “So I heard,” he said.…

— Donna Kauffman

For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there

— James Gibbons

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

— Michael Andretti

I was one of the innovators of the TLC Match; some would arguably say that I am the master of the Ladder Match.

— Edge

What signifies the ladder, provided one rise and attain the end?

— Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Unlike the Obama Cabinet, the Trump Cabinet is not comprised of do-nothing bureaucrats, who worked their way up the twisted, scheme-ridden Washington ladder; rather,…

— Kayleigh McEnany

“Don't be afraid to start at the bottom of the ladder. And have the courage to climb to the top.”

— Levi HR Rosenthal