Aviation Is Proof That Given, The Will,

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.

The Experienced Fighting Pilot Does Not Take Unnecessary Risks. His Business Is To Shoot Down Enemy Planes, Not To Get Shot Down.

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

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.