The Wright Brothers

The air is a vast and unexplored territory.

We were driven by a passion to fly.

The airplane has brought the world closer together.

We did not invent the airplane, we discovered it.

The airplane is a testament to the power of the human spirit.

We could hardly have been so foolish as to have spent our lives in such a hopeless undertaking, had we been aware that we were attempting the impossible.

The only bird that could fly backward was a hummingbird, and that was only because it had a very short tail.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at an incomparable speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air.

We were lucky enough to have been born at a time when the world was ready for us.

The only thing that counts is the practical result.

We had to choose between the bicycle and the airplane. We chose the airplane.

The machine itself is nothing, the man who operates it is everything.

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.

It is easier to fly than to walk.

The airplane is a wonderful thing, but it is not a bird.

We are not afraid of the difficulties, for we know that they are only the stepping stones to success.

The greatest danger in flying is the ground.

The airplane has no conscience. It is a machine. It does not care whether it is used for good or for evil.

We did not have to be geniuses to invent the airplane. We just had to be persistent.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.