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Amelia Earhart
American
Aviator
About the author
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Home
#Deed
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Will
In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
I want to do it because I want to do it.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Want
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Life
#Peace
#Courage
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Fun
#Worth
#Flying
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.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Want
#Failure
#Men
#Challenge
#Women
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.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Love
#Home
#May
#Understanding
#Companionship
#Appreciation
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Life
#Act
#Control
#Rest
#Change
#Decision
#Reward
#Tenacity
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Will
#Woman
#Job
#Fame
#Fortune
There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#War
Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Men
#Women
#Glory
Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Failure
#Men
#Challenge
#Women
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Failure
#Men
#Challenge
#Women
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.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Reason
#First
#Possibility
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
Amelia Earhart,
American
Aviator
#Adventure