Wilbur Wright Quotes

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

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in Skill

• I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Enthusiast, Wish, Myself

• The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Education

  Tags in Scientist, Machine

• The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who… looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space… on the infinite highway of the air.

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Desire, Flying

• I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Predictions, Confess

• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Passion

• Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

  Wilbur Wright

  Topics in Wise

  Tags in Men, Rich

Wilbur Wright (8)

Birth:	16th April, 1867
Death:	30th May, 1912
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Pilot Trainer, Editor, Inventor, Manufacturer

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