Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.
AMELIA EARHARTMy 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.
More Amelia Earhart Quotes
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Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
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Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.
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Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.
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The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
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You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.
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There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
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The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
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The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.
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No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.
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Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
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It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
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In soloing – as in other activities – it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
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Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.
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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.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act!
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No borders, just horizons – only freedom.
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When a great adventure is offered, you don’t refuse it.
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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.
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Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.
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A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.
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Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
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Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
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So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.
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The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
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