Wilbur Wright

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

Fortune and glory are but the inventions of the human mind.

We live at a time when invention is the order of the day.

The bird's wing is an instrument of the air, deriving its power from the air itself.

Success in any field requires persistent effort and unwavering faith.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

The only bird that dares to fly in a storm is the eagle.

Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature.

Life is a journey, much like the path to the skies.

Doubters do not achieve; believers do.

The wind is to us what money is to life on earth.

We owe much to the bicycle for our success in aviation.

Innovation demands we question the impossible.

A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.

The propeller is the heart of the flying machine.

Brotherhood and collaboration conquer the skies.

Failure is merely a step towards mastery.

The air is the medium through which we conquer distance.

Persistence is the engine of invention.

Who would have thought that a printer's son would challenge the heavens?