There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it.

We have to be despised by somebody whom we regard as above us, or we are not happy; we have to have somebody to worship and envy,or we cannot be content. In America we manifest this in all the ancient and customary ways. In public we scoff at titles and hereditary privilege, but privately we hanker after them, and when we get a chance we buy them for cash and a daughter.

Don't wait the time is never just right.