Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through."

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. His trained hand and eye and judgment are as much a part of his armament as his machinegun, and a fiftyfifty chance is the worst he will take or should take except where the show is of the kind that . . . justifies the sacrifice of plane or pilot.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.