Amelia Earhart Quotes

Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Biography

Amelia Earhart, c. 1935

Amelia Mary Earhart ( July 24, 1897 – disappeared 1937) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

The most effective way to do it, is to do it. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Adventure is worthwhile in itself. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

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

Amelia Earhart Quotes

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

Amelia Earhart Quotes

I want to do it because I want to do it. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune. - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Quotes

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

Amelia Earhart Quotes

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others. - Amelia Earhart