The Wright Brothers

The greatest adventure of all is to fly.

We were not afraid to be pioneers.

The air is a mystery, and we are unraveling it.

We were not afraid to fail, for failure is the mother of success.

The greatest reward is the satisfaction of accomplishment.

We were not afraid to learn from our mistakes.

The air is a challenge, and we are meeting it.

We were not afraid to push the boundaries of what is possible.

The greatest lesson we learned was to never give up.

We were not afraid to dream of a world where man could fly.

If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, there would be little hope of advance.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at rest in the busy air above the toiling beasts on the land; and who could not help considering the blessing they would have found in the use of wings if God had bestowed them on man.

Success. Four flights Thursday morning. All against twenty-one-mile wind. Started from level with engine power alone. Average speed through air thirty-one miles. Longest 59 seconds. Inform press. Home Christmas.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years, just so that we could discover them again?

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was little pressure to conform to traditional notions of success.

No bird soars in a calm.

The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.

If birds can glide for long periods of time, why can't I?

In science, we must be prepared to abandon our most cherished beliefs if the facts demand it.