“The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.”

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.

Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?

It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

Start at the end and work back.

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.

Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.

If that’s there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.

If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.

Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.

Your opinion about yourself influences your ability to pay your bills.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create.

In painting, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. But when I get home, the only thing I have power over is the garbage.

Ability is a poor man’s wealth.

If your title disappears, does your ability to influence?

Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.