A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.
The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target.
Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
I think the greatest of all human virtues is loyalty. It embraces all the best of the human character: courage, faith, love and charity.
I just made a balls of it, old boy. That's all there was to it.
Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.
I'm not rapping, I'm conversing. It's just a conversation between me and you.
Science is the most exciting and sustained enterprise of discovery in the history of our species. It is the great adventure of our time. We live today in an era of discovery that far outshadows the discoveries of the New World five hundred years ago.
If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.
While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.