Pioneer Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old pioneer quotes, pioneer sayings, and pioneer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

We like to pioneer, we like to explore, we like to go down dark alleys and see what's on the other side. Jeff Bezos
What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit, and it takes grace. Meryl Streep
It’s wonderful to be the first to do something, but I didn’t want to be the last. And, if I did not do the job well, there might be no second woman on the court. Sandra Day O’Connor
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world. Elizabeth Blackwell
Great philosophy is always a trailblazer. Talismanist Giebra
The best path is the one that’s not there because we are in the process of creating it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
The footsteps of a pioneer become ultimately the highway of a nation. Ameen Rihani
Unfortunately, pioneers will always pave the way with sacrifices. Buzz Aldrin
Nobody ever understands what a pioneer is doing. Timothy Leary
This generation, our generation of people who benefited, must always be the pioneers who look to younger people and say mediocrity is not accommodated in what we do. Trevor Manuel
You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs. William H. Calvin
Long live the pioneers / Rebels and mutineers / Go forth and have no fear / Come close the end is near. X Ambassadors
There are two kinds of people in the world - those who pioneer and those who plod. The plodders always attack the pioneers. They say that the pioneers have gobbled up all the opportunity, when, as a plain matter of fact, the plodders would have nowhere to plod had the pioneers not first cleared the way. Henry Ford
The one thing you don't hear mentioned about pioneers is that they are invariably, by their nature, messmakers. Robert Pirsig
I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating than of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the "hot bread and sweet cakes;" and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe. Henry David Thoreau
O you youths, Western youths, / So impatient, full of action, full of manly pride and friendship, / Plain I see you Western youths, see you tramping with the foremost, / Pioneers! O pioneers! Walt Whitman
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must always examine what's working, evolve your ideas, and change the way you do things. Marc Benioff
There’s no bad time to innovate. Jeff Bezos
All pioneers are crazy until they die and then they get a monument. James 'Jimmy' Bates
Pioneers have always had to contend with fools! Dr. Peter Drury
We're still pioneers, we barely begun. Our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, cause our destiny lies above us. Cooper
All pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness. Gilbert Blythe
Oh Pioneer, I sing your song / Well it's the hymn of those who've gone before and those who carry on / Pioneer, your work is hard / But the future of us all rests on the shoulders of your heart. Aaron Henningsen; Brian Henningsen; Clara Henningsen; Kimberly Perry; Neil Perry; Reid Perry
You are so different / That's what they always tell you / But you know there's something / About you that is special / You're set apart for bigger and better things / You know that He made you for a purpose and / He gave you a unique anointing / To touch the lives of men / Trailblazer / Rearrange / Set apart / You're a game changer / Pioneer / Innovator. Kylen Jacob Horne
Men have conquered nations / Other men have set them free / Pioneers across the sea / You can turn the pages through the ages but for me / Twas the most eventful day in history. Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow