Bootstraps Quotes
On resilience, hard work, and starting over
Bootstraps quotes explore the idea of pulling yourself up through hard work and determination, often tracing that spirit back to family history and difficult economic times. Some speakers also question whether this ideal accounts fairly for the obstacles certain communities face. Readers may also enjoy our Learn quotes.
If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.
We continue to see our elected officials working extra hard to create a 'good climate for business' that leads to disinvestment in public infrastructure and tax incentives to the detriment of cities, while enriching private business and further entrenching poverty....
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My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever there was work at the time. And in rural Oklahoma, that wasn't easy to find.
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