John By Professions : Engineer Born : August 7, 1779 Died : February 1, 1836 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by John By When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly high because of opposition. In fact, they couldn't fly without opposition. John By kites adversity wind An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and impediments which had to be encountered and surmounted, in an almost unexplored and uninhabited wilderness . . . evinced on your part a moral courage and an undaunted spirit and combination of science and management equally exciting our admiration and deserving our praise. John By engineering accomplishment successful Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors
