“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.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many. I always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but I was sure of it that night.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Possibly that feature of aviation which may appeal most to thoughtful women is its potentiality for peace. The term is not merely an airy phrase. Isolation breeds distrust and differences of outlook. Anything which tends to annihilate distance destroys isolation, and brings the world and its peoples closer together. I think aviation has a chance to increase intimacy, understanding, and far-flung friendships thus.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“As I look back on the flight I think two questions have been asked me most frequently. First: Was I afraid? Secondly: What did I wear?”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful break was apt to lurk just around the corner.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“The most effective way to do it is to do it.”
— Amelia Earhart Disputed“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 Disputed“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
— Amelia Earhart Disputed“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 Disputed“Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.”
— Amelia Earhart Disputed“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 Disputed“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”
— Amelia Earhart DisputedEleanor Roosevelt Benjamin Franklin Thomas Edison Helen Keller Charlie Munger