Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. A graduate of Purdue University, Armstrong studied aeronautical engineering; his college tuition was paid for by the U.S. Navy under the Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. In September 1951, while making a low bombing run, Armstrong’s aircraft was damaged when it collided with an anti-aircraft cable, strung across a valley, which cut off a large portion of one wing. Armstrong was forced to bail out. After the war, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Purdue and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was the project pilot on Century Series fighters and flew the North American X-15 seven times. He was also a participant in the U.S. Air Force’s Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs. May these Neil Armstrong Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.” Neil Armstrong
2. “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.” Neil Armstrong
3. “There are places to go beyond belief.” Neil Armstrong
4. “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 Armstrong
5. “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.” Neil Armstrong
6. “How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.” Neil Armstrong
7. “Research is creating new knowledge.” Neil Armstrong
8. “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong
9. “There can be no great accomplishment without risk.” Neil Armstrong
10. “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” Neil Armstrong
11. “Each book holds an experience and an adventure.” Neil Armstrong
12. “Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.” Neil Armstrong
13. “Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Neil Armstrong
14. “I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.” Neil Armstrong
15. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong
16. “The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.” Neil Armstrong
17. “Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.” Neil Armstrong
18. “Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.” Neil Armstrong
19. “I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” Neil Armstrong
20. “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.” Neil Armstrong
21. “Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. 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.” Neil Armstrong
22. “Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” Neil Armstrong
23. “Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.” Neil Armstrong
24. “I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.” Neil Armstrong
25. “In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.” Neil Armstrong
26. “I believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.” Neil Armstrong
27. “Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will share with you their philosophies, their concepts of the world, of humanity and of creation. You will learn about events that have shaped our history, of deeds both noble and ignoble.” Neil Armstrong
28. “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.” Neil Armstrong
29. “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.” Neil Armstrong
30. “I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.” Neil Armstrong
31. “There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth’s protective layers.” Neil Armstrong
32. “I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul. We’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.” Neil Armstrong
33. “Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.” Neil Armstrong
34. “Yeah, I wasn’t chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn’t planned by anyone.” Neil Armstrong
35. “You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.” Neil Armstrong
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