56 Quotes by Eddie Rickenbacker

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

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

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

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.

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.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.