I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
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… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator” — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
