It’s a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it’s a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.
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You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles.
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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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There are places to go beyond belief.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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