# Quote — Amelia Earhart, Last Flight

> Preparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.

- Author: [Amelia Earhart](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart.md)
- Book: [Last Flight](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight.md)
- Page: 51
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart#Last_Flight_(1937)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight/preparation-i-have

## More from this book

> In my life I had come to realize that when things were going very well indeed it was just the time to anticipate trouble. And, conversely, I learned from pleasant experience that at the most despairing crisis, when all looked sour beyond words, some delightful "break" was apt to lurk just around the corner.

p. 70 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight/in-my-life.md)

> Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

p. 50 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight/anticipation-i-suppose.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amelia-earhart/last-flight/please-know-that.md)