Quotes from Amelia Earhart

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

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

When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it.

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

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.

To worry is to add another hazard.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Of course I realized there was a measure of danger. Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when I first considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it again

Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. 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.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

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.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

As soon as we left the ground I knew I myself had to fly!

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things Knows not the livid loneliness of fear.

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

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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 but a challenge to others.