Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) — "The machine itself was nothing; the method was everything."

"I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for 50 years. Ever since I have distrusted myself and every time I think that a particular thing will not be done, I recall t…"

"It is not the man who has done the most, but the man who has done the best, who is most deserving of praise."

"The flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years — provided, of course, we c…"

"We learn much by tribulation, and by adversity our hearts are made better."

"The machine was not perfect, but it was a beginning."