“I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. ...” — Amelia Earhart Quote

“I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.”

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

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

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

“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.”

“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.”

“If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.”

“I feel like anything I'm doing in life, I try to stay myself and be as honest and true as I can be, you know, and be a nice person. I've always been taught to be kind to people and have an open mind about life.”

“I'm confident in who I am, and I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I'm figuring out who I am.”

“I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.”

“As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find.”

“I avoided the spotlight when I was a kid. I always knew, 'Hey, it wasn't me. I didn't do anything.' If there was a camera around, I hid from it.”