I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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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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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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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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.
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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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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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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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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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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
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It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
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