5 Empowering Quotes Straight From Amelia Earheart

Amelia Earhart gave women around the world their wings.

If you haven’t heard about her yet, she became the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean in 1928.

Ever since she was young, she already challenged gender roles and norms. She played basketball and even took a course on auto repairing.

She left a great legacy and became an inspiration to women who wanted to pursue a career in aviation and other fields that were dominated by men.

Here are 5 empowering quotes that showed how wonderful she was:

1.) “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.”

I love that she compared our fears to “paper tigers”. It just means that the things we fear aren’t exactly as scary as we make them out to be.

The hardest thing we have to do is taking action. After that, things will become easier.

Enjoy the process, start taking control and soon you will achieve the results you want.

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

We often overthink how we can make things work. We want to make sure that things are perfect and fail-proof before we even start.

A lot of times, we’re so caught up in thinking that we end up never actually doing.

Screw it, just do it!

You’ll probably never get it perfect. Who cares? Just make it happen!

3.) “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.”

Like a pilot getting ready for their first flight, the things we fear doing for the first time are some of the ones that we actually need to do.

Instead of focusing on your fear, focus on getting the job done and and giving the best you can at whatever it is you set out to do.

Focus on what can go right — not on what can go wrong. If you do this, you will soar!

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

Amelia was a champion in the advancement of women in aviation.

A lot of people probably told her that she was too ambitious or crazy for dreaming of flying across the Atlantic ocean. But that didn’t stop her — she turned the impossible to possible!

Now, her victories and failures serve as an inspiration for others to defy expectations.

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

Women are often expected to act a certain way or to fulfill a role dictated by society. Most of us are expected to just marry off, bear children, cook for our husbands and stay at home.

Don’t misunderstand me, there’s nothing wrong with that. What I’m trying to say is you can choose to be more than what your family, friends or society expects you to be.

Be a leader, not just a follower. Create opportunities. Don’t just wait for them!

6.) “There’s more to life than being a passenger.”

The quote says it all. There’s more to life than just sitting around and letting other people control how we live it. Be the pilot and navigate to where you want to go!

In Conclusion

During her courageous attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, Earheart disappeared over the Pacific ocean — her remains and plane wreckage were never found.

To this day, her disappearance still remains to be one of the greatest unsolved mysteries.

Although she did not live a long life, her wise words and achievements gave us a lot to remember. As she said, our failures should be a challenge to others.

Let’s learn from the failures of those around us and use our own failures to reach closer to our dreams.

Like Amelia, we can show people that the impossible can be possible. Don’t just be a passenger.

Take control of your life and make your dreams come true!

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Which among these quotes resonates the most with you? Let me know in the comments below.

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Keep soaring!