Amelia Earhart Quotes

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

    "Last Flight (". Book by Amelia Earhart, 1937.
  • Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

  • I did for the fun of it

  • 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.

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  • No borders, just horizons - only freedom.

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

  • 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.

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

    "On a wing and a prayer" by Maxie Szalwinska, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2007.
  • The most effective way to do it, is to just do 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.

    1928 20 Hours: 40 MinutesOur Flight in the Friendship, ch.5.
  • Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

    Amelia Earhart (2009). “Last Flight”, p.192, Crown
  • Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

    "Lost Star : The Search for Amelia Earhart". Book by Randall Brink, 1995.
  • Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

  • 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 Official Website of Amelia Earhart/ Quotes". www.ameliaearhart.com.
  • 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.

  • 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.

    Amelia Earhart, Jean L. Backus (1982). “Letters from Amelia, 1901-1937”, Beacon Press (MA)
  • Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

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

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

    Amelia Earhart (1928). “20 hrs. 40 min”, Ayer Co Pub
  • 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.

  • The more one does the more one can do.

    Amelia Earhart, Jean L. Backus (1982). “Letters from Amelia, 1901-1937”, Beacon Press (MA)
  • 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.

    Letter to George Putnam, 1937
  • To worry is to add another hazard.

    Amelia Earhart (2009). “Last Flight”, p.12, Crown
  • The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

    Amelia Earhart (2009). “Last Flight”, p.32, Crown
  • I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.

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

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