Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them; they went out and happened to things.
LV Leonardo da VinciPolymath · 1452–1519What this quote means
High achievers don't wait passively for life to act on them. They take initiative and make things happen.
Context
Renaissance painter, engineer, and observer whose notebooks brim with curiosity about everything.
This line is among the quotes by Leonardo da Vinci that readers return to on success — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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