Ralph Waldo Emerson — "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a…"
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Often attributed, exact source difficult to pinpoint (likely a paraphrase of several ideas)
Date: c. 1840s
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