Happy National Take the Stairs Day.
I like taking the stairs. Escalators and elevators are fine, but I get a smug satisfaction when I use the stairs as if I sneaked some extra exercise in. I even take the stairs at the airport with my suitcase. It feels great when I reach the top ahead of the people on the escalator.
Stairs are great metaphors for success too. Perhaps one of these quotes will help you take the stairs more often.
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.
Vance Havner
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
Rudyard Kipling
I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
Betty White