Edgar Guest Quotes

The pioneers get all the arrows.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

I think the character of a man is to establish something where no one else has ever done before.

America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the fruit of initiative. Why do we hold in such high esteem the achievements of the Wright brothers? Because they were illustrious examples of initiative and tenacity. And ideas are born of initiative, the children of men and women of initiative. Advancement is applied initiative. Don't imitate. Initiate.

The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

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

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

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.

No one knows what's a good idea or a bad idea until you try it.

We are still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We're the nation that always dared to dream. We're the nation that dared to take risks.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

It takes vision and courage to create

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

I feel like so much of what I'm doing is making a road where there is no road and inviting people on that road with me. It's scary. It's scary, but I can't listen to the voices that are saying form is the only way, or that there is only this kind of form or that kind of form.

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.

It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

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

You can't lead without taking risk.

Be brave enough to create.

You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!

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

Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.