“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
Amelia Earhart
The Fun of It (Primary source)
Earhart’s 1932 follow-up chronicles her solo Atlantic triumph while articulating a distinctly American philosophy of adventure. More reflective than her debut, it reveals aviation as both personal liberation and democratic metaphor—flight as the ultimate expression of individual possibility within technological progress.
“It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“The time to worry is three months before a flight. Decide then whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. To worry is to add another hazard. It retards reactions, makes one unfit. Hamlet would have been a bad aviator. He worried too much.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”
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“Patience in a market, is worth pounds in a year.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I will not be triumphed over.”
— Cleopatra Disputed