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

I am not such an egotist as to believe that God has spared me because I am I. I believe there is work for me to do and that I am spared to do it, just as you are.

Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations.

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

The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through.

The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.

The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.