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Quotes by Aviator

"I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars."

"I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars."

Eddie Rickenbacker, American Aviator

Friendship, Friends

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

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

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

Men, Women, Failure, Challenge

35

"I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave."

"I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

35

"Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it."

"Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it."

Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator

Life, God, Values, Earth

35

"The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down."

"The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

35

"This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour."

"This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour."

Steve Fossett, American Aviator

34

"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."

"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."

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

Men, Women, Failure, Challenge

33

"Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight."

"Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight."

Chuck Yeager, American Aviator

Experience, Knowledge, End, Mission

33

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

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

Jacqueline Cochran, American Aviator

31

"Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?"

"Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?"

Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator

Faith, Courage, Right

30

"Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests."

"Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests."

Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator

Dream, Dreams, Future, Living, Yesterday

30

"Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter."

"Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter."

Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator

Life, Quality, Knowledge, Awareness

30

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

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

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

Men, Women, Glory

30

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

Jacqueline Cochran, American Aviator

Business, Travel, Adventure, Flying

29

"I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve."

"I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve."

Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator

Science, Civilization

29

"I cut the emergency switch just in time to keep 'Winnie Mae' from making an exhibition of herself by standing on her nose. That would have been fatal to our hopes."

"I cut the emergency switch just in time to keep 'Winnie Mae' from making an exhibition of herself by standing on her nose. That would have been fatal to our hopes."

Wiley Post, American Aviator

26

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

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

Jacqueline Cochran, American Aviator

Travel, Stars, Wind

23

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

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

Jacqueline Cochran, American Aviator

Death, Faith, Life, Fear

22

"I've got tooth marks on my heart."

"I've got tooth marks on my heart."

Mike Melville, American Aviator

21

"If one has not given everything, one has given nothing."

"If one has not given everything, one has given nothing."

Georges Guynemer, French Aviator

19

"The human voice cannot mount up into these boundless solitudes."

"The human voice cannot mount up into these boundless solitudes."

Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator

18

"The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork."

"The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork."

Igor Sikorsky, American Aviator

Work, Teamwork, Mankind

17

"I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly."

"I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly."

Bessie Coleman, American Aviator

Experience, Women, Difficulties, Flying

17

"What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream."

"What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream."

Mike Melville, American Aviator

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