The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence, don't show from that distance.

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

The more we learn about the wonders of our universe, the more clearly we are going to perceive the hand of God.

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth.

[The Moon] was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of the Earth did.

Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.

It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work.

We have to earn our Wings every day.

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.

Astronauts: space activists.

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

All sports are games of inches.

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.

From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, "Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron.

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

I've got a war in my mind

Ladies, if you want a happy marriage, then do whatever your husband tells you without questioning his authority.

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous husband.