“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.”

“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”

“Have you considered the option of getting the joke? If not, try it now and redeem your soul.”

“It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward.”

“Think highly of yourself, that's how you get to the top”

“We don't get Top Rope Theatre at the Palace of Wisdom”

“You reach the top of the heap, but it's a circle, and you slip on the down side; maybe for years. You get scared. He said then he thought he was coming out of a slump.”

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“One must fight to get to the top, especially if one starts at the bottom.”

“Politicians only get to the top because they have no qualifications to detain them at the bottom.”