“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.”

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.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

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.

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.

Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

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.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.

Use your fear, it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

The soul’s dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.

Stupidity is what makes love beautiful. Being stupid and being in love go hand in hand.

If you’re beautiful inside it shows on the outside.

Just like the sun, you may hide away but you’ll come back even more beautiful than before.

The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

The most beautiful words in love are: I trust you.

So darling, pick up those pieces and make something beautiful out of them because you can. You might have to bake them hot to rejoin them but trust me, it’s worth it.

It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.

You made me realize that i could be loved and beautiful too, that i could be counted amongst the moon and stars too.