The Wright Brothers

We could not but look upon the experiments of others as a warning, rather than as an encouragement.

The course of experiment was not by any means a straight one. It was a zigzag course, now up, now down, now to the right, now to the left.

Success in flying depends on learning how to control the machine.

The machine itself is but a small part of the problem. The real problem is the man.

We do not believe that the problem of flight will be solved by any one man. It will be solved by the combined efforts of many.

It is not the machine that is difficult to understand, but the air.

The difficulties were not in the construction of the machine, but in the lack of knowledge of the air.

We had to learn to fly, not by theory, but by practice.

The best way to learn to fly is to fly.

We were not in a hurry to fly. We were in a hurry to learn.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

We had no thought of making money. We were simply trying to solve a problem.

The problem of flight is not one of power, but of control.

We had to invent a new art, that of balancing in the air.

The machine is nothing, the man is everything.

We were not looking for a machine that would fly, but for a machine that would be controlled.

The air is an ocean, and the machine is a ship.

The first flight was not a triumph, but a beginning.

We knew that if we could fly, others would follow.

It is not the machine that flies, but the man.