112 Quotes by Amelia Earhart

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

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.

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.

Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.

Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.

One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity.