Quote

Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

Amelia Earhart

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Amelia Earhart
Age: 39 †
Born: 1897
Born: July 24
Died: 1937
Died: July 2
Aircraft Pilot
Aviator
Journalist
Memoirist
Travel Writer
Writer
Atchison County
Missouri
Amelia Mary Earhart
Lady Lindy
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Exceeds
Exceed
Anticipation
Realization
Suppose
Sometimes

More quotes by Amelia Earhart

Image
The more one does the more one can do.
Amelia Earhart
Image
You can do anything you decide to do.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.
Amelia Earhart
Image
I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Amelia Earhart
Image
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.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.
Amelia Earhart
Image
There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.
Amelia Earhart
Image
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 must be a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable.
Amelia Earhart
Image
In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful break was apt to lurk just around the corner.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Being alone is scary, but not as scary as feeling alone in a relationship.
Amelia Earhart
Image
In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
Amelia Earhart
Image
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 yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Amelia Earhart
Image
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life the process is its own reward. Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And if they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
Amelia Earhart
Image
The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we pay With courage to behold the restless day, And count it fair.
Amelia Earhart
Image
The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.
Amelia Earhart