plough one's own furrow

We've ploughed our own furrow, whether people like us or not.

The coach continued to plough his own furrow when he made five changes for Saturday's game.

He was a very bright and engaging young man who ploughed his own furrow.

The two organisations have not merged and continue to plough their own furrows.

I have ploughed my own furrow all this time.

This bunch didn't get into those cliques and ploughed their own furrow.

We may think we can ignore this and plough our own furrow.

The world is populated by people who are ploughing their own furrows in diligent ways.

We will not get very far or make much progress in Europe if we all keep ploughing our own furrow.

For me, management is about ploughing your own furrow.”

Since then, he has ploughed his own furrow at his own pace.

Ploughing his own furrow is Williamson's default setting anyway.

Mike has always ploughed his own furrow!

One trusts him to go on ploughing his own furrow and not join the brat-pack of historians.

"It is of a piece with his character … he ploughs his own furrow," says a schoolfriend.

Overall, though, Gartside remains intriguing, still ploughing his own furrow and still coming up with the goods.

Are you writing in reaction to, say, the Heinlein stuff, or are you just ploughing your own furrow?

The country also ploughed its own furrow with reds, developing malbec as its signature grape.

As always, Vivienne Westwood ploughed her own furrow.

This isn’t all good news for Obama however, as Manchin tends to plough his own furrow, often campaigning against presidential policies.

Plough your own furrow.

The Shadow Cabinet may profess loyalty but sometimes looks like a group of politicians ploughing their own furrow rather than playing as a team.

The fact remains, the high street stores will never go into the imports market because it's too specialised so I have continued to plough my own furrow.

CND, as an independent lobbying organisation, with a solid membership and healthy finances, must plough its own furrow.

Scotland's interests clearly lie in getting away from this dithering foolishness and ploughing our own furrow in the world.