Quotes from Amelia Earhart

It was generally called the "powder puff derby" and those who flew in it variously as "Ladybirds", "Angels" or "Sweethearts of the Air". (We are still trying to get ourselves called just "pilots".)

I heard from many girls, just as many inquiries were made by boys, and men and women.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in planes large and small, trying the whirling rotors of an autogiro, making record flights. With these activities came opportunity to know women everywhere who shared my conviction that there is so much women can do in the modern world and should be permitted to do irrespective of their sex.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

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

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.

Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.

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

Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainment. In the brief span of thirty-odd years, the world has seen an inventor's dream first materialized by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk become an everyday actuality.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science. Although women have not taken full advantage of its use and benefits, air travel is as available to them as to men.

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.

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.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's own appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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

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

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

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be 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.