Amelia Earhart Quotes (25 Quotes)


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

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

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




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

    KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low. Last radio communique before her disappearance.

    Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

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

    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.


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

    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.

    Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. Last letter to her husband before her last flight.

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

    The soul that knows courage not, knows no release from little things knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

    It seems to me that the effect of having other interests beyond those exclusively 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 . . .

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

    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.

    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.

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

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

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

    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, love, and understanding companions.


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