Amelia Earhart

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

Amelia Earhart

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

Amelia Earhart

I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

Amelia Earhart

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.

Amelia Earhart

In my life, I had come to realize that, when things were going very well, indeed, it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful break was apt to lurk just around the corner.

Amelia Earhart

Life is worthwhile in itself

Amelia Earhart

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

One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren’t routine, often don’t get a fair break… It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs, which produced the corollary that women are bred to timidity.

Amelia Earhart

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

Amelia Earhart

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.

Amelia Earhart