Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

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.

When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it winging swiftly through the clean air, watching the earth below.

Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip.

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.

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.