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

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.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

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.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

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.

The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

When a great adventure is offered, you don’t refuse it.

The best way to do it, is to do it!

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

To worry is to add another hazard.

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.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It’s just as hard. It doesn’t get easier, but that’s why I love it: because it’s a challenge every time.

There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.

The path to the Truth is a labour of the heart, not of the head. Make your heart your primary guide! Not your mind. Meet, challenge and ultimately prevail over your nafs with your heart. Knowing your ego will lead you to the knowledge of God.

I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It’s just as hard; it doesn’t get easier, but that’s why I love it: because it’s a challenge every time. I also feel like I’m learning new ways.

Now I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged, as mankind has never been challenged before, to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature but of ourselves.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life.