“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“I always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but I was sure of it that night.”
“The most effective way to do it is to do it.”
“I must continue to be a heroine in the public eye, otherwise flying opportunities will stop rolling in.”
“Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.”
“Did I tell you I have a reputation for brains?”
“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.”
“There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.”
“The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.”
“If enough of us keep trying, we’ll get someplace.”
“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.”
“Surely we must have something more to contribute to marriage than our bodies.”
“Use your fear, it can take you to the place where you store your courage.”
“Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.”
“Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.”
“I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage”
“It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
“Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.”
“Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.”
“Everyone has oceans to fly if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?”
“The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.”
“No borders, just horizons – only freedom.”
“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.”
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.”
“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.”
“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many.”
“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 but a challenge to others.”
“There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.”
“But you know the more one does the more one can do.”
“You know the more one does the more one can do.”
“In soloing – as in other activities, it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things.”
“To worry is to add another hazard.”
“No pay, no fly, and no work, no pay.”
“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”
“I wasn’t brave, I just didn’t have time to be scared.”
“I have a feeling there is just about one more good flight left in my system and I hope this trip is it.”
“Times are changing and women need the critical stimulus of competition outside the home. A girl must nowadays believe completely in herself as an individual. She must realize at the outset that a woman must do the same job better than a man to get as much credit for it. She must be aware of the various discriminations, both legal and traditional, against women in the business world.”
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.”
“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.”
“The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.”
“Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.”
“The best way to do it, is to do it!”
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace, the soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things.”
“Don’t criticize someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”
“Honor is the foundation of courage.”
“The more one does,the more one can do.”
“My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow’s planes.”
“Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.”
“Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats. But, they also get more notoriety when they crash.”
“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”
“Don’t criticize someone doing something you said couldn’t be done”
“I believe that a girl should not do what she thinks she should do, but should find out through experience what she wants to do.”
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”
“As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.”
“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”
“In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.”
“Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.”
“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”
“…decide…whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying….”
“There’s more to life than being a passenger.”
“I can think of lots of things worse than never getting married, and one of the worst is being married to a man who tied you down.”
“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.”
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace, the soul that knows it not, knows no release, from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings.”
“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”
“When a great adventure is offered, you don’t refuse it.”
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.”
“Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education. By adventuring about you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is, the inevitable.”
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”
“It is best to begin at the beginning.”
“Never do things can and will do if there are things others cannot do and will not do.”
“The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.”
“The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay with courage to behold restless day and count it fair.”
“Life is worthwhile in itself”