Are you in control?
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a professor of psychology, quoted here from his book Flow. SaveSave
Airmanship Quotes
We should not feel . . .
“We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.” Alain de Botton The Consolations of Philosophy (2000).
You can’t tame the wave
You can’t tame the wave. All you can do is become part of it. Sebastian Steudtner, big-wave surfer. Article in The Red Bulletin, June 2018. We don’t ‘conquer the sky’. We fly in the air. Beginners think of beating gravity; but the best blend with the weather, groove with gravity, one with the wing. (Original sailplane photo CC0 Public Domain by pxhere.)
The sky, like the sea, is selective
The sea is selective… slow at recognition of effort and aptitude, but fast at sinking the unfit. Felix Riesenberg The sky and the sea share uncaring ways. Beautiful, but deadly. Rewarding the worthy only with temporary treasures. Original photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. SaveSave
What you pay attention to
Pay attention to the right things, and you’re a pilot. Really pay attention, and I’ll be a better pilot.