Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

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.

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.

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.