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 EARHARTHuman crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.
More Amelia Earhart Quotes
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The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
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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.
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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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Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
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Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
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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.
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Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
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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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Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.
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As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
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Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.
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There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
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To worry is to add another hazard.
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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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Aviation records don’t fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.
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Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.
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There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
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Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act!
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Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
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You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.
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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?
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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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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.
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