If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes. That judgment, in turn, must rest upon one’s outlook on life. Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed.

—Charles Lindbergh

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About Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit...

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I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

—Charles Lindbergh

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

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In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

—Charles Lindbergh

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Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

—Charles Lindbergh

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Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation, in turn, becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on to the future.

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No one is born to courage. Courage is a habit you develop after cowardice has gotten you nothing.

—Sabrina Jeffries in A Dangerous Love

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Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

—William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

—William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

—William Shakespeare

Conscience does make cowards of us all, and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.

—William Shakespeare

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