Amelia Earhart

The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many.

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

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.

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

I believe that a girl should not do what she thinks she should do, but should find out through experience what she wants 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.

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.

I have a feeling there is just about one more good flight left in my system and I hope this trip is it. Anyway, when I have finished this job, I mean to give up long-distance 'stunt' flying.

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 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.

Please know I am quite 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.

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 the knowledge of flying in general, and the interest of women in flying in particular.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do.

I have a feeling there is just about one more good flight left in my system.

The time to worry is three months before a flight. Decide then whether or not the goal is worth the risks.

Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

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

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.