I would have you day by day, fix your eyes upon the greatness of your country (in this case, your football program); until you become filled with love of her; and when you are impressed by the spectacle of her glory reflect that it was acquired by men who knew their duty and had the courage to do it

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"Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride."

- Pericles

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"Time is the wisest counselor of all."

- Pericles

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"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

- Pericles

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"Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all."

- Pericles

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

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"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

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"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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