“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. ”
“My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow’s planes. ”
“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 woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune. It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. ”
“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others. ”
“[Women] must pay for everything…. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats. But, also, women get more notoriety when they crash. ”
“…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. Some such consideration was a contributing reason for my wanting to do what I so much wanted to do. ”
“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done. ”
“Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do. ”
“Adventure is worthwhile in itself. “
