Amelia Earhart Quotations

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.

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.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

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. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

I did for the fun of it

Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.

The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.

Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.

Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

How can Life grant us boon of living, compensateFor dull grey ugliness and pregnant hateUnless we dareThe soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we payWith courage to behold the resistless day,And count it fair.

The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes.

I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.

I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.

One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs, which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity.

The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold restless day and count it fair.

Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.

When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it.

It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.

To worry is to add another hazard.

Too often little attention is paid to individual talent. instead, education goes on dividing people according to their sex, and putting them in little feminine or masculine pigeonholes ... Girls are shielded and sometimes helped so much that they lose initiative and begin to believe the signs 'Girls don't' and 'Girls can't' which mark their paths... Consequently, it seems almost necessary to evolve different methods of instruction for them when they later take up the same subjects.

Please let us not interfere with the other's work or play, nor let the world see our private joys or disagreements. In this connection I may have to keep some place where I can go to be myself, now and then, for I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; the process is its own reward. Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And if they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.

Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.

Everyone has ocean's to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

the stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.

The best way to do it, is to do it!

Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

The more one does the more one can do.

You can do anything you decide to do.

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings.

In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful break was apt to lurk just around the corner.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

Times are changing and women need the critical stimulus of competition outside the home. A girl must nowadays believe completely in herself as an individual. She must realize at the outset that a woman must do the same job better than a man to get as much credit for it. She must be aware of the various discriminations , both legal and traditional, against women in the business world.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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.

No borders, just horizons - only freedom.

Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying....

In soloing -- as in other activities -- it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. 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.