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Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.
I did for the fun of it
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
To worry is to add another hazard.
The best way to do it, is to do it!
You can do anything you decide to do.
The more one does the more one can do.
No borders, just horizons - only freedom.
The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The most difficult thing is the decision to act!
If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.
The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.
As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it.
Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.
It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.
Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.
Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.
You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another.
Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.
Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.
Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.
Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.
Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.
Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.
The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
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?
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.
Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.
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.
I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.
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 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.
