Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

I break ground. I trailblaze.

It's really exciting to be a part of something new that's pushing boundaries.

I'm about making history and doing things that haven't been done before.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like Columbus did it."

You can't be a sort of pioneer.

It's not always as comfortable blazing the trail as it is walking on it.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.

It's just exciting to be part of something that is brand-new.

We must be headlights and not taillights.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

I've realized that I've pioneered many things and have been a front-runner in a lot of things. I did many things ahead of time.

Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners.

I'm interested in talking to people and dealing with people who are set and ready for change and action. Who get it. And who are looking for solutions.

That would be pretty cool being the first one to do the quint.

I've always wanted to know what it's like to be the first to do something.

One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a leader for long.

I am accused often of too much experimentation.., but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.

I've never been the type of person to stick with the same thing or be complacent or rest on my laurels.

There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.

Nobody ever understands what a pioneer is doing.

I'm always looking for the next major hurdle and doing something that the world has never seen.

It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance.