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As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
Amelia Earhart on Flying
After midnight the moon set and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the esthetic appeal of flying
Flying may 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
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
There is no doubt that the last hour of any flight is the hardest.
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
In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
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.
Inspirational Amelia Earhart Quotes
decide…whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold restless day and count it fair
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense
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
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.
Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.
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
The most effective way to do it, is to do it
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves
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
Amelia Earhart Quotes for Empowering Women
Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others
Times are changing and women need the critical stimulus of competition outside the home
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.
A girl must nowadays believe completely in herself as an individual.
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. Some such consideration was a contributing reason for my wanting to do what I so much wanted to do
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
Women must pay for everything…. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats. But, also, women get more notoriety when they crash
Other Great Amelia Earhart Quotes
Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization
Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible
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
Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done
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
Adventure is worthwhile in itself
Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
I want to do something useful in the world.
Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship
For the economic structure we have built up is all too often a barrier between the world’s work and the workers. If the younger generation finds the hurdle too absurdly high, I hope it will not hesitate to tear it down and substitute a social order in which the desire to work and learn carries with it the opportunity to do so.
It is true that there are no more geographical frontiers to push back, no new lands flowing with milk and honey this side of the moon to promise surcease from man-made ills. But there are economic, political, scientific, and artistic frontiers of the most exciting sort awaiting faith and the spirit of adventure to discover them.
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