Quotes from Amelia Earhart

The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

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

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

To worry is to add another hazard.

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

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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.

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

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.