Quotes by Eddie Rickenbacker

“The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the fa...”

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

“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 thought the clear air, watching th...”

“Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.”

“I believe that if you think about disaster you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith and life becomes more secure ...”

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

“I believe that if you think about disaster you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith and life becomes more secure mor...”

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

“To my mother, Elizabeth Basler Rickenbacker, with love and appreciation; her inspiration throughout life never failed me.To my wife, Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker, whose constant confidence, love and...”

“Our American doughboys were pushing in on both sides of the salient. We could see them moving forward. Their bayonets were fixed, and they were using them. They stormed the trenches, fighting with ...”

“As the dinner progressed, it became clear that, of all those present, only Vansittart believed that the Germans would dare to precipitate another war. All the others disagreed so bluntly and positi...”

“When we arrived home, we found the situation in the United States no better. In vain did I attempt to describe to our military leaders the true situation in Germany. My reports were completely at v...”

“The Prime Minister's car picked me up at the Savoy Hotel, It appeared to be European-royalty day at the Chequers, with all the deposed kings and queens of the Continent present. After a pleasant lu...”

“It seems only yesterday, in 1934, that Eastern Air Lines was a struggling little company pioneering in a new and untried field. It became a giant in the industry. We built it through hard work, ded...”