Wright Brothers

"When we think we have got the problem settled, we are pretty sure to discover something which has escaped our attention."

"It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill."

"The art of the inventor should be to produce a practical thing."

"Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved so long merely for the sake of a few people who wish to know them?"

"You do something first and explain it afterwards."

"The desire to fly is an idea that hath persisted through the ages of mankind."

"I do not think I can learn to like men any better by studying them through a residence in a boarding house."

"Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first."

"Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go."

"The world belongs to those who have suffered."

"To really master an art, you must understand the theory, but ultimately you must practice it until it becomes second nature."

"We were determined to know something about the bird before we would try to use our wings."

"The flying machine which will really fill the present need will be built by accumulating these hard-won scraps of experience."

"The relation of weight and strength is the all-important factor of the flying problem."

"We couldn't see how anyone could build an apparatus that would fly."

"I wonder whether we shall ever know how to keep mouths shut."

"The tests with the kite showed us that practice was after all the main thing."

"The best dividends on the labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power."

"In all the links from the bird down to our lowest airplane, there is scarcely any machine so hard to balance as the flying machine."

"We climbed hills with no intention of flying."

"To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything."

"The only possible conclusion the seventeen years of experience from 1889 to 1906 enforces upon me is that the problem of human flight."

"Isn't it strange how that little cloud of doubt grew larger."

"We did not think the language of science to be inappropriate."

"The usefulness of a machine is as important as its cost."

"We found that the real trouble was not the wind alone."

"A man must have courage to do what he thinks is right."

"The airplane has always interested us."

"The newspapers never had any use for us before."

"Isn't it often the case that the principle most despised proves to be of greatest value."