Amelia Earhart

“There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“I did for the fun of it.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Perhaps I have something of a chip on my shoulder when it comes to modern feminine education. Often youngsters are sadly miscast. I have known girls who should be tinkering with mechanical things instead of making dresses, and boys who would do better at cooking than engineering.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“No borders, just horizons – only freedom.” ~ Amelia Earhart

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

“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?” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“There is more to life than being a passenger.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

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

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” ~ Amelia Earhart

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

“There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little thing; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear nor mountain heights, where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings. How can life grant us boon of living, compensate for dull grey ugliness and pregnant hate unless we dare the souls dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold resistless day and count it fair.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“What do dreams know of boundaries.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“I’m getting housemaid’s knee kneeling here gulping beauty.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The best way to do it, is to do it!” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The more one does the more one can do.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“You can do anything you decide to do.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Aviation records don’t fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Character is destiny.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold restless day and count it fair.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Don’t criticize someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“To worry is to add another hazard.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“When a great adventure is offered, you don’t refuse it.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.” ~ Amelia Earhart

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

“The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act!” ~ Amelia Earhart

“If enough of us keep trying, we’ll get someplace.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“We’re always pushing through, hurrying on our long way, trying to get to some other place instead of enjoying the place we’d already got to.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education. You will find the unexpected everywhere as you go through life. By adventuring about, you become accustomed to the unexpected.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“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.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.” ~ Amelia Earhart

“It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.” ~ Amelia Earhart