“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.”
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 to change behaviors, you have to change motivations.”
— Charlie Munger (verified)“The thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
— Ayn Rand (verified)“My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren’t with me I haven’t a thing in the world.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (unverified)