Fighting In The Air Is Not Sport.

The Four Cornerstones Of Character On Which The Structure Of This Nation Was Built Are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality And Independence.

Aviation Is Proof That Given, The Will, We Have The Capacity To Achieve The Impossible.

And I Have Yet To Find One Single Individual Who Has Attained Conspicuous Success In Bringing Down Enemy Aeroplanes Who Can Be Said To Be Spoiled Either By His Successes Or By The Generous Congratulations Of His Comrades. If He Were Capable Of Being Spoiled He Would Not Have Had The Character To Have Won Continuous Victories, For The Smallest Amount Of Vanity Is Fatal In Aeroplane Fighting. Self-distrust Rather Is The Quality To Which Many A Pilot Owes His Protracted Existence.

I've Cheated The Grim Reaper More Times Than Anyone I Know, And I'll Fight Like A Wildcat Until They Nail The Lid Of My Pine Box Down On Me.

I Can Give You A Six-word Formula For Success: "think Things Through - Then Follow Through."