Sentences with phrase «for pulling yourself up by your bootstraps»

As such, following are three of the top reasons people remain entrenched at an unsatisfying job along with tips for pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and out of your misery.

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You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps unless somebody recognizes the value of your work and has the deep pockets to reward that ability with a «living - wage» job that allows for advancement..

But for people who want to contribute their own good works and prove their worth to God and pull themselves up by their own spiritual bootstraps, the gospel is not easy to believe.

We're all supposed to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and in made for TV moments, triumph over whatever challenges we face.

For the NBA Hall of Famer - turned - Captain of Industry has distilled his business philosophy down into some sound practical advice for folks wiling to roll up their sleeves to try to pull themselves up by their bootstraFor the NBA Hall of Famer - turned - Captain of Industry has distilled his business philosophy down into some sound practical advice for folks wiling to roll up their sleeves to try to pull themselves up by their bootstrafor folks wiling to roll up their sleeves to try to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

Also, ethnic names can be very trendy, but I can't seem to find the Swahili words for «pull yourself up by your bootstraps or we will kick your sorry butt out.»

For example, «don't try to pull yourself up by the bootstraps» means don't try to succeed on your own.

I'm happy for the twinkle - in - the - eye pull - yourself - up - by - the - bootstraps - attitude, but in this current economy, it's not realistic.

You've pulled yourself up by your bootstraps at every opportunity and made a better life for yourself and your family.

«We the People,» for example, illustrates the opening declaration in the U.S. Constitution with shoelaces alluding to the phrase «to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.»

Time, and Emin's historical support for the Conservative party, have lent an ugly cast to this work: it now seems to say (maybe in a Michael Caine accent) something like, «I've pulled myself up by my bootstraps and it's arseholes like you who remain on benefits.»

I got picked along with somebody for northern California, they split California in two, and that agreement, that business relationship, was really the foundation for me being able to pull myself up by the bootstraps again.

You've pulled yourself up by your bootstraps at every opportunity and made a better life for yourself and your family.