Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

- Winston Churchill

Courage

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

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"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."

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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

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"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

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

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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