Eddie Rickenbacker

“I learned that you can't have bitterness and hate in your heart and be happy. For your own sake, you must forgive.”

“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

“The American fighting man has never failed his country, and he never will.”

“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.”

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

“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.”

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

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.”

“The most important of all rights is the right to be responsible.”

“It is the easiest thing in the world for a man to look as if he had a great secret in him.”

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

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

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

“There is only one basic principle of success: to be able to use the resources of your mind and body to the full.”

“Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success.”

“There's a peculiar thing about American Liberty... you never miss it till it's gone.”