20 Quotes to Inspire Aviation Entrepreneurs?

All aviation professionals owe gratitude to entrepreneurs that dreamt. On the occasion of World Entrepreneurship Day, 16th April, I am sharing a few of my favourite quotes to inspire the next generation of aviation entrepreneurs.




All aviation professionals owe gratitude to entrepreneurs that dreamt. The people that turned what seemed to be the impossible into a what is now a multi trillion dollar industry. Aircraft manufacturers, airlines, service providers, tools of the trade… you know what I am talking about.

On the occasion of World Entrepreneurship Day, 16th April, I’d like to share a few of my favourite quotes to inspire the next generation of aviation entrepreneurs.

  1. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
  2. “He who who says he can and he who says he can’t are both usually right.” – Confucius
  3. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”- Peter Drucker
  4. “As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” – Donald Trump
  5. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi
  6. “Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.” – Napoleon Hill
  7. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
  8. Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ~ James Matthew Barrie
  9. “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
  10. ”Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.” Thomas Edison
  11. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
  12. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby
  13. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
  14. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
  15. “What is not started will never get finished” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  16. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn
  17. “The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake – you can’t learn anything from being perfect.” – Adam Osborne
  18. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader
  19. “Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
  20. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates
  21. “Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no.” – Richard Branson

There you go….I said 20, but I believe in giving more. In fact, I saved the best for last. It comes from a man that I have great admiration for. He knows no boundaries.

What are your favourite quotes and who inspires you?




About Wayne Farley

I am Wayne, a career air traffic controller with over 30 years of industry experience. Engage me while I share my thoughts, experience, and news from around the aviation world. A post titled “13 Characteristics of an Air Traffic Controller” written in 2010 went viral and established me as the unofficial ambassador of ATC.

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