Bent Quote by Thurgood Marshall

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

— Thurgood Marshall

There's been a lot of moments that should have taken me out. But I'm always able to pull myself up by my bootstraps.

— Lainey Wilson

Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back

— Roy Wilkins

“How can I pull myself up by my bootstraps if I'm living on a shoestring?”

— Jayseth Guberman

I walk to work, so boots are a staple for me.

— Stacey Bendet

They say, 'Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.' They don't realize that not everybody's bootstraps are the same length.

— Andrew Mitchell

‎It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I believe in pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. I believe it is possible — I saw this guy do it once in…

— Stephen Colbert

“They tell you in this country that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And we all believe that. But first you’ve…

— Al Franken

My boots were so heavy that I was glad there was a column beneath us. How could such a lonely person have been living…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.

— George Eliot

So I got my boots on.

— Adam Lambert