We have a lot of buildings in Laconia that are over three-stories high and the ladders aren't only used for height ... they are used for reach,
You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
Don't just climb the ladder, chart a new path.
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.
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.
Bring anger and pride under your feet, turn them into a ladder and climb higher.
From the moment you entered this world of existence, a ladder was put in front of you so you could escape.
The day you were born, a ladder was set up to help you escape this world...
The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite by absurdly adding to the rungs of the ladder of the finite.
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon.