Leading the Way Quotes

You have to be different, great or first.

Nobody ever understands what a pioneer is doing.

This country will define its times, not be defined by them.

I feel like I'm a trendsetter. I try to always stay on the edge of everything I do, whether it be music, fashion, film. I just like to stay abreast of what's going on. What's going on in the street and what's going on in the hood I put in my music and I feel like a lot of people follow that.

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

I consider myself a pathfinder. I have been excavating the jungle and making the road for others to walk. I like to be the first in everything I do.

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.

A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future.

I like leading by example.

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

I led the way toward the crowd, trying to look casual, like, Fly? Me? Nah.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'

I'll be the light in the window.

Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future.

I always want to be on the cutting edge.

I try to lead by example.

The human race is a race of cowards. I am not only marching with them but am carrying the banner.

The thing that is most important is to feel like you're at the front of the line, to be prime or primer. I definitely never wanted to say that in the films, but that's where it comes from.

You can't be a sort of pioneer.

I have always thought that while it's wonderful to be the first to do something, you don't want to be the last.

We always trend set.

If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.

You just keep shining a light and hoping people will start to pay attention.

I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger guys that are going to come up and try to make their own statements about what they feel and what they have to contribute.

We must be headlights and not taillights.