Inspirational flying quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
Most Famous Flying Quotes
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. J. M. Barrie
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. Amelia Earhart
Same with anyone who’s been flying for years and loves it still we’re part of a world we deeply love. Richard Bach
I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it. Charles Bukowski
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes
The airplane stays up because it doesn’t have the time to fall. Orville Wright
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Luciano De Crescenzo
There’s only one job in this world that gives you an office in the sky; and that is pilot. Mohith Agadi
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? Frida Kahlo
And back up they would go, not knowing where or when they would be able to land again. Maude Julien
There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly. Travis Scott
Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
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
You don’t jump out of an airplane and stop halfway. It’s all the way. Jesse White
Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies. Howard Hughes
Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo. Al Gore
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. Antoine De Saint Exupéry
The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul. Walter Raleigh
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
A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I’m afraid, lying. Louise Thaden
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
The airplanes slowly taxied to the beginning of the runway, humbly and calmly with flaps down, bowing with deference to the infinite sky. Ross Victory
It has been my observation that the happiest of people, the vibrant doers of the world, are almost always those who are using who are putting into play, calling upon, depending upon the greatest number of their God given talents and capabilities. John Glenn
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford
Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we’re one with the principle of flight, the magic of being aloft in the wind! Richard Bach
The construction of an airplane is simple compared with the evolutionary achievement of a bird. If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. Charles Lindbergh
Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell. Ernest K Gann
I’ve always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room. Bill Nye
The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I’d rather fly. Len Morgan
What’s important is that a customer should get off the airplane feeling, I didn’t just get from A to B. I had one of the most pleasant experiences I ever had, and I’ll be back for that reason. Herb Kelleher
If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you can use the aircraft the next day, it’s an outstanding landing. Chuck Yeager
If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing. Chuck Yeager
A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I’m afraid, lying. Louise Thaden
I love flying so much. I even like airplane food. No one bothers you and your phone never goes off and you can’t have emails go through. It’s undisturbed. Margot Robbie
Great pilots are made not born a man may possess good eyesight, sensitive hands, and perfect coordination, but the end result is only fashioned by steady coaching, much practice, and experience. Johnnie Johnson
To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you’re truly wireless. Ted Turner
Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. Amelia Earhart
Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings; it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky. Craig D. Lounsbrough
I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain. Amy Johnson
The similarities between commercial airplanes and automobiles are striking. It’s all about safe and efficient transportation using the latest technology and the best fuel efficiency. Alan Mulally
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
What would air travel look like if airplanes were thrown out after each flight? No one would be flying in airplanes. Gwynne Shotwell
Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be. Chris Carter
If you have a fear of flying, don’t. The data are very clear If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane. Peter Diamandis
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. Gil Stern
Go up in a big airplane. Go high enough, and you will see the radiation rainbow interference ring around the shadow of the airplane on the clouds below. Steven Magee
My soul is in the sky. William Shakespeare
I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one. Mary Ellen Mark
Once you have learned to fly your plane, it is far less fatiguing to fly than it is to drive a car. You don’t have to watch every second for cats, dogs, children, lights, road signs, ladies with baby carriages and citizens who drive out in the middle of the block against the lights. Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven. William T. Piper
I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that. John Glenn
Whenever I dream about flying, it’s the best feeling in the world. Kate M.
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? it is the same the angels breathe. Mark Twain
If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be alright, it’ll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let’s take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky. Ted Danson
You wanna fly, you got to give up the stuff that weighs you down. Toni Morrison
When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that. Gene Roddenberry
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
Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don’t know what I’m looking for. I just do it. Barbara Kingsolver
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. Jean Kerr
You know the oxygen masks on airplanes? I don’t think there’s really any oxygen. I think they’re just to muffle the screams. Rita Rudner
Any design, whether it’s for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures. Henry Petroski
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. Antoine De Saint Exupéry
Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be. Chris Carter
You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky. Amelia Earhart
Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. Amelia Earhart
How strange is this combination of proximity and separation. That ground seconds away thousands of miles away. Charles A. Lindbergh
I know a lot of people in the aviation business, particularly ones who will fly to places where your boots get dirty when you get out of the airplane. Erik Prince
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams
All kingdoms look small through an airplane window little dominions built on quicksand. But looking up from the ground, where most of us stand, they’re rather impressive. Steve Rushin
Unlike the boundaries of the sea by the shorelines, the ocean of air laps at the border of every state, city, town and home throughout the world. Welch Pogue
Whenever I dream about flying, it’s the best feeling in the world. Kate M
When everything seems to be against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford
The flying? I’m not worried about it. I’m safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane. Cory Lidle
Aviation is proof that given the will, we have capacity to achieve the impossible. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything. Otto Lilienthal
The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul. Walter Raleigh
When I was a very little boy, I lived underneath the air pattern of LaGuardia airport in New York and I watched the planes fly to their destinations. I was in love with the design of these airplanes. John Travolta
