15 Quotes by Jacqueline Cochran

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.

An experimental group of experienced women pilots in the United States might begin immediately flying small trainers from factories to bases.

[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.

Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.

In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the plane. So it also is with humans.