Beryl Markham Quotes

Success breeds confidence.

confidence

Who thinks it just to be judged by a single error?

error

Flight is but momentary escape from the eternal custody of earth.

flying

You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself.

know yourself

All the science of flying has been captured in the breadth of an instrument board, but not the religion of it.

flying

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.

greatness

I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.

inspiration