Amelia Earhart Quotes :
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.”
“Experience is always a good thing.”
“Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in a week, rather than taking a leisurely six months or so.”
“In solo flying, the pilot is on his own, though the fact of isolation may bring additional responsibility.”
“Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainments.”
“Flying is so wonderful, and so sweet, that it seems to be a matter of happiness.”
“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.”
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“There’s more to life than being a passenger.”
“Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.”
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.”
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many.”
“As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly.”
“Use your fear… it can take you to the place where you store your courage.”
“The best way to do it, is to do it.”
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”
“The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.”
“The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.”
“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.”
“Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it.”
“In soloing—as in other activities—it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
“I want to do it because I want to do it.”
“I have no faith in aviation as a profession, but as a form of transportation, I believe it will someday be developed.”
“There is more to life than being a passenger.”
“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?”
“To worry is to add another hazard.”
“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”
“Flying is such a joy.”
“We must attempt to do things we think we cannot do.”
“Use your fear… it can take you to the place where you store your courage.”
“Experience teaches us that even in moments of courage, mistakes are made.”
“There’s more to life than being a passenger.”
“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”
“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”
“I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.”
“To worry is to add another hazard.”
“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.”
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.”
“The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
“The soul’s of men and women have always been alike.”
“Decide… whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.”
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
“You can do anything you decide to do.”
“Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.”
“It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
“You are better than you think you are.”
“I want to show that women can fly as well as men.”
“In aviation as in life, it was always best to keep your eye on what was ahead of you.”
“Let us hope that the resources of this land and the talents of its people will be devoted to growth and not to destruction.”
“There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.”
“Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.”
“I want to be remembered as one who helped others, as one who helped humanity.”
“Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.”
“You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”
“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed.”
“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible.”
“In aviation, as in other activities, it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
“Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried.”
“I’ve had enough adventure in my life.”
“The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold the restless day, and count it fair.”
“The beauty of flying alone? You never have to argue with a co-pilot.”
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