Eddie Rickenbacker Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Eddie Rickenbacker:

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

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

Eddie Rickenbacker

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

Eddie Rickenbacker

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

Eddie Rickenbacker

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

Eddie Rickenbacker

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.

Eddie Rickenbacker

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.

Eddie Rickenbacker

I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

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 famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.

Eddie Rickenbacker

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

Eddie Rickenbacker

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

Eddie Rickenbacker