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Ann Bancroft

  • ... family and friends aren't always ready to make the journey when you are, and you just have to keep plowing along whether they have confidence in you or not. That can be very lonely.

    • Ann Bancroft,
    • in Katherine Martin, Women of Courage ()
  • The challenge, whenever you create anything, is to persevere and push away the negative voices. And the more you accomplish, the louder they get. The key is to shut them off and trust in your heart where you're going.

    • Ann Bancroft,
    • in Katherine Martin, Women of Courage ()
  • It's really important that, as women, we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.

    • Ann Bancroft

Ann Bancroft, U.S. adventurer, explorer, athlete, writer, educator

(1955)