June 17, 1928--Amelia Earhart Becomes First Woman to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean (As a Passenger)

"Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do."

"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."


"Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things."

"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."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

"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."

"...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."


Today, we celebrate the life of Amelia Earhart, whose courage and sense of adventure literally opened up the skies to women. She reminds us that we have the power to choose our own paths in life, and encourages us to make paths of our own for others to follow.