Quotes from Amelia Earhart

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

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.

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

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

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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

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 lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

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.

Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.