Trailblazers Quotes

“Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.”
― Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

“Often we can get caught in our own struggles, our own small stories, that we forget our place in the larger story arc – the way that our actions, our choices, our achievements can and will blaze trails for that who come after us, so that they do not have to spend their time and energy re-fighting the same battles.

For sure we walk a spiral path, but for generations of women the spirals were so tightly packed that it seemed they were going round in circles – let us blaze trails so that the path we walk takes in wider and wider sweeps of human experience.

Trail blazing is what we do when we find ourselves in the wilderness, with no path to guide us but our own intuitive understanding of nature and our destination. At times we must walk through the night, guided only by the stars. We know when to sit and rest, to shelter from storms, when to gather water, and what on the trail will sustain us and what will do us harm. We are courageous and cautious in equal measure, but we are driven forward, not only by our own desire to reach our destination, but also by the desire to leave a viable way for others who follow.

Trail blazing is an art-form. It is how we find paths through what before was wilderness. We push aside braches, or cut them back, we tramp down nettles and long grasses, ford rivers and streams, through the inner and outer landscapes.”
― Lucy H. Pearce, Burning Woman

“It is always painful to set one's self against tradition, especially against the conventions & prejudices that hedge about womanhood.”
― Helen Keller, Rebel Lives: Helen Keller

“If you follow the herd, people may mistake you for a cow.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The great ones show you what you can get away with. The shitty ones remind you what never to bother with.”
― Patton Oswalt

“First they will laugh... after that they will either deny or follow you.”
― Kushiro Shoko

“Find and follow your own trail...To stay on your own path, be aware of yourself and surroundings. Trust that you will find your way, and don't hold yourself responsible for the trails or trials of others.”
― Sabrina Moyle, Escargot for It!: A Snail’s Guide to Finding Your Own Trail & Shell-ebrating Success

“The Filipino mind is always imagining new and exciting ideas while his/her spirit gets the vision for the ultimate victory. It's not that what they wish for is so extraordinary, but that their faith adds to its realization.”
― Tim Liwanag, First Filipino World Records

“Because Filipinos are very creative and assiduous people, they will always find a way to make things happen.”
― Tim Liwanag, First Filipino World Records

“Oh, how this world needs Filipino trailblazers! Yes, we can be that.”
― Tim Liwanag, First Filipino World Records

“You didn't saw what I did. Your perception is not the same with my vision. What you thought is not actually my scheme. You are not me and I am not you. Despite of differences I respect you. We are diverse and so our customs, cultures, traditions and beliefs are. Simply we can never exactly think the way as others do... at least lend your ears, use your nervous system along with metacognitive ability.”
― Kushiro Shoko

“Let passion make footprints. Do what makes you feel successful.”
― Kamini Arichandran

“She is a warrior capable of slaying the demons in life. She is a pioneer capable of choosing her own path. She is a trail blazer capable of achieving new horizons. Just give her some time and see her bedazzle the world.”
― Avijeet Das

“Purpose driven women know how to strategically move from vision to execution, making history and blazing trails in the process.”
― Germany Kent

“We've all got them, the lighters of the way, those mythological wonders who glow in our dark.”
― Lo Carmen, Lovers Dreamers Fighters

“A true champ is never a star aloof in the heavens for atop lamp-posts they have made a home to warm, to brighten, the paths we walk”
― Agona Apell

“The practitioner should stay in society to manifest and physicalize the new realized ideas or aspects of Divinity. This is the complete yogic work: redemption of matter and physical life, bringing Heaven to Earth.”
― Master Del Pe, Hidden Dangers of Meditation and Yoga: How to Play with Your Sacred Fires Safely

“Push boundaries in a direction no one is traveling and do not fear criticism because you might become the standard.”
― Rodney McNeil, Eye Hate Essays