American Quotes

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.

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

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

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.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

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

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

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

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

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

I want to do it because I want to do it.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

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.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

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.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do.

It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act.

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

The details are not the details. They make the design.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.