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

"It was the first time in the history of the world that a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and had f…"

"The difficulties of the problem are so great that few have dared to attack it."

"We have been trying to solve the problem of aerial navigation, and we believe we have succeeded."

"I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for 50 years. Ever since I have distrusted myself and every time I think that a particular thing will not be done, I recall t…"