“Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.”

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.

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.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

We don’t let animals suffer, so why humans?

A book, a book full of human touches, of shirts, a book without loneliness, with men and tools, a book is victory.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history – it is a moment for action.

Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.

People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.