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.
“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”
— 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“It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”
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“You may delay, but time will not.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source