Bootstraps Quotes

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.

Now, in Texas, we believe in the rugged individual. Texas may be the one place where people actually still have bootstraps, and we expect folks to pull themselves up by them. But we also recognize there are some things we can't do alone. We have to come together and invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow.