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Quotes by Aviator
"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization."
107
"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared."
98
"Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own."
84
"To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything."
75
"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."
65
"If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down."
65
"In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia."
62
"Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do."
Will,
62
"The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence."
60
"In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable."
59
"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."
59
"I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes."
58
"Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring."
58
"If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off."
58
"If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes."
58
"When the weight of the paper equals the weight of the airplane, only then you can go flying."
58
"Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance."
Life,
54
"The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't."
53
"One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above."
53
"Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense."
52
"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."
52
"Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases."
51
"We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field."
50
"As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted."
50
"I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars."
50
"Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real."
49
"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death."
48
"I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin."
48
"When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!"
46
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