I want the big drama. I always said I don't want a wedding I want a parade.
I just made a balls of it, old boy. That's all there was to it.
Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity.
The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target.
Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.
Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage.
To fly! to live as airmen live! Like them to ride the skyways from horizon to horizon, across rivers and forests! To free oneself from the petty disputes of everyday life, to be active, to feel the blood renewed in one's vein - ah! that is life. . . . Life in finer and simpler. My will is freer. I appreciate everything more, sunlight and shade, work and my friends. The sky is vast. I breathe deep gulps of the fine clear air of the heights. I feel myself to have achieved a higher state of physical strength and a clearer brain. I am living in the third dimension!
The only real difference between one organization and another is the performance of its people.
Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness.