“Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.”

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.

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.

If enough of us keep trying, we’ll get someplace.

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.

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.

The more one does the more one can do.

When I’m 100 I’ll still be doing pin-ups

At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.

Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isn’t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.

When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.

I really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.

I think that other girls and boys my age will maybe see that I’m so accepting and be accepting of other people, too.

The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.

If you grow up in the suburbs, you hear of people dying of old age, car wrecks, cancer. In the city, it’s always people dying of violence or stray bullets.