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...

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

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.

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

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

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

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

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

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

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...

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.

I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage

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

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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

Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.

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

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. 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...

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 but a challenge to others.

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

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...

Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for...

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...

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

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