“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”

“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”

“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.”

“Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.”

“Women must pay for everything…. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats. But, also, women get more notoriety when they crash.”

“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.”

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”

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

“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.”

“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.”