“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.”
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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“But I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“It was a bitter moment. Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another.”
— Winston Churchill (verified)“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt (unverified)“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)