56 Quotes by Eddie Rickenbacker

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

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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