“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”

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.

I think I’ve changed a little bit. I don’t know whether it’s for the better or for the worse at the moment. I’ve settled into a different mind frame now… being a bit wilder maybe!

I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do… Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better.

You’re always welcome if you find someone better than me.

It is better to have done something than to have been someone.

I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.

Nelson Mandela, a better man, not a bitter man, made our world a better place in which to live. His life and leadership exemplify the highest courage, dignity, and dedication to human liberation.

My mother made countless sacrifices so that her children – and all children – could grow up in a better nation and world.

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.