Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.

I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the plane. So it also is with humans.

Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.

And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death.

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for the child of God, because joy is produced supernaturally by the Holy Spirit in us.

Humble me so I do what is right. Break me so I cling to You. Expose me so my motives stay pure.

You simply keep putting down one damn word after the other, as you hear them, as they come to you. You can either set brick as a laborer or as an artist.

We are, all of us, growing volcanoes that approach the hour of their eruption, but how near or distant that is, nobody knows- not even God.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.

The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.

Things grew and lived in constant adversity, ingenious in solving problems of existence.

If you're not arguing, your coalition isn't wide enough.

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didnt want to be a singer. I didnt want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.

It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.