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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.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart 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.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart My 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.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Use your fear, it can take you to the place where you store your courage.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart
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