“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.”
Amelia Earhart (unverified)
This quote is commonly attributed to Amelia Earhart, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“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 (verified)“It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
— Amelia Earhart (verified)“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”
— Amelia Earhart (verified)“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”
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“If you want a faithful servant, and one that you like—serve yourself.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“If you want to change behaviors, you have to change motivations.”
— Charlie Munger (verified)