#stepping stone

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#always #any #attention #attract #because

No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. ↗

— Ernest Lawrence

#along #individual #most #path #progress

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#factor #kids #massive #meant #money

I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting. ↗

— Halle Berry

#career #ever #get #i #meaningful

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#any #build #close #door #dwell