“Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.”

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

To worry is to add another hazard.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

Aviation records don’t fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.

Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

No borders, just horizons – only freedom.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

Everyone has ocean’s to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?

Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.

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

If enough of us keep trying, we’ll get someplace.

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.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.

I decided to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time – go get a chef and a nutritionist – and I brought them on board.

I strongly believe that appearance is important, as it’s the first impression you get, but that is definitely not the deciding factor.

Wait, I’m deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

My approach to acting now is so different — I’m fearless because I have nothing to lose. Before [children] my identity was wrapped up in every decision — now, I don’t care.

Even if we all want you here, you don’t belong until you decide you do.

What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There’s got to be something a little bit loose in there.

When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn’t involve a magic spell.