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THOUGHTS ON
Pioneers
“I don’t repeat
myself well. I want
and need that
stimulus of walking
forward from one
new world to another.”
—MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
“IF YOU WANT
SOMETHING
NEW, YOU HAVE
TO STOP DOING
SOMETHING OLD.”
—PETER DRUCKER
“WE ARE THE PIONEERS
OF THE WORLD, THE ADVANCE
GUARD SENT ON THROUGH THE
WILDERNESS OF UNTRIED THINGS.”
—HERMAN MELVILLE
“I have set my life upon a cast, and
I will stand the hazard of the die.”
—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
“SOCIAL GAINS ARE
NEVER HANDED
OUT. THEY MUST
BE SEIZED.”
—SHERYL SANDBERG
“WE PUSH ASIDE BRANCHES OR CUT THEM BACK, WE TRAMP
DOWN NETTLES AND LONG GRASSES, FORD RIVERS AND STREAMS,
THROUGH THE INNER AND OUTER LANDSCAPES.”
—LUCY H. PEARCE
“Pioneers may be
picturesque figures,
but they are often
rather lonely ones.”
—NANCY ASTOR
“THE ADVENTURES MAY BE MAD, BUT
THE ADVENTURER MUST BE SANE.”
—G.K. CHESTERTON
“It is always painful
to set oneself
against tradition,
especially against
the conventions and
prejudices that hedge
about womanhood.”
—HELEN KELLER
“You will
observe that the
stories told are
all about money
seekers, not about
money finders.”
—EDGAR ALLAN POE
“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
“AT THAT TIME HIS VOICE SHOOK THE
EARTH, BUT NOW HE HAS PROMISED,
‘ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY
THE EARTH BUT ALSO THE HEAVENS.’ ”
—HEBREWS 12:26
“One does not
discover new lands
without consenting
to lose sight of the
shore for a very
long time.”
—ANDRÉ GIDE
FINAL
THOUGHT
“ ‘Life is a gamble.’
Yes, but at least
you play your
own cards.”
—B.C. FORBES
SOURCES: WHITE JACKET, BY HERMAN MELVILLE; REBEL LIVES, BY HELEN KELLER;
PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, BY VOLTAIRE; BURNING WOMAN, BY LUCY H. PEARCE;
LEAN IN, BY SHERYL SANDBERG; GOODREADS.COM; THE GOLD BUG, BY EDGAR ALLAN POE;
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY, BY G.K. CHESTERTON; RICHARD III, BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: EVERETT COLLECTION/NEWSCOM; GEORGE C. BERESFORD/BERESFORD/GETTY IMAGES; BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES; CULTURE CLUB/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY
IMAGES; GRAPHICAARTIS/GETTY IMAGES; PATRICK T. FALLON/BLOOMBERG; FALKENSTEINFOTO/ALAMY; BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES; LEE CELAN/GETTY IMAGES
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