I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.

If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform.

There is no reason why the aeroplane should not open up a fruitful occupation for women.

Throw out of your head the idea that you can, through a comfortable life, become what you must be in Christ.

Every morning I drink a glass of water to be humble and simple like water.

Matrimony - the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

If I have three ideas and I'm working on one more than the others, that sort of tells me that I should work on that one.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.

I warn black Americans'don't get too mixed. A little is fine, but not to the point where you're out of the family.

You can't expect someone who has been in prison his whole entire life to turn around and become a sweet guy who writes books and walks his dog and has a normal life.

Listen to your fear but don't obey it.