"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"
- Thurgood Marshall
About this Quote
This quote by Thurgood Marshall talks to the idea that no one is an island and that we all require aid from others to get to where we are. He acknowledges that while we might have striven to get to where we are, we could not have actually done it alone. He acknowledges the significance of the people in our lives who have helped us along the way, whether it be a parent, teacher, or even a nun. He emphasizes that we must be grateful for the aid we have received which we ought to pay it forward by assisting others in the exact same method. This quote works as a suggestion that we should not take for given individuals who have actually helped us which we ought to strive to assist others in the very same way.
This quote is written / told by Thurgood Marshall between July 2, 1908 and January 24, 1993. He was a famous Judge from USA.
The author also have 11 other quotes.
"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats"
"I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers"
"We need to redefine the role of the teacher from that of the transmitter of knowledge to that of a researcher, co-learner, and partner in the process of constructing knowledge"
"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit"
