So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.

The best way to do it, is to do it!

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

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.

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.

So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.

Worry retards reaction and makes clear-cut decisions impossible.