Space inspires us to explore, discover, and create. It is a place where everything is possible, and there are no limits to what we can achieve. For some people, space is the final frontier that they can’t wait to explore; for others, it’s a reminder of how small our world is compared to the universe. One thing everyone agrees on, though: space will continue to be an inspiration for generations of writers and creatives across the globe.
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Top 55 Inspirational Space Quotes
1. “It’s easy to sleep floating around — it’s very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don’t float into somebody or something!” ~ James Irwin
2. “You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
3. “The time was fast approaching when Earth, like all mothers, must say farewell to her children.” ~ Arthur C. Clarke
4. “The all but impossible glory of having walked on the moon, of proving our mind power and our brilliant technology, this cannot ever be dimmed…. We have hurled ourselves closer to the Gods.” ~ Emil Petaja
5. “I don’t know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.” ~ John Glenn
6. “Have a peculiar passion, audacity, and boldness that see farther and further into the outer space.” ~ Israelmore Ayivor
7. “When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.” ~ Alan Shepherd
8. “The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall.” ~ Yang Liwei
9. “By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.” ~ Galileo Galilei
10. “Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.” ~ Ron Garan
11. “Stars also symbolize the cycle of life, solitude and gravity. They glow in the dark energy that’s the majority of space, and remind us that even in the pitch black, there’s always something that can shine.” ~ L.J. Shen
12. “Earth is the best planet in our solar system. We go to space to save Earth.” ~ Jeff Bezos
13. “The planet was our mother and our burial ground. No wonder the human spirit wished to leave. Leave this prolific belly. Leave also this great tomb.” ~ Saul Bellow
14. “The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.” ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
15. “We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up new laboratories in space. They are as much beyond our vision today as fire or electricity would be beyond the imagination of a fish.”― Arthur C. Clarke
16. “NASA’s next urgent mission should be to send good poets into space so they can describe what it’s really like.” ~ Shannon Hale
17. ““I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody’s ever been.” ~ John\Glenn
18. “Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward-looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.” ~ Stephen Hawking
19. “The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter.” ~ Sally Ride
20. “Sorry. Just paralyzed by the indescribable beauty of the cosmos. We’ll get to work.” ~ Daniel Suarez
21. “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” ~ Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
22. “In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.” ~ Galileo Galilei
23. “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.” ~ John F. Kennedy
24. “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.” ~ Carl Sagan
25. “To some this may look like a sunset. But it’s a new dawn.” ~ Chris Hadfield
26. “We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.” ~ Ron Garan
27. “I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the moon, but flying in a completely new medium.” ~ Neil Armstrong
28. “And in that moment, I was hit with the realization that this delicate layer of atmosphere is all that protects every living thing on Earth from perishing in the harshness of space.” ~ Ron Garan
29. “Can you travel space and time? Do you have a face like mine? Are you far from humankind? Don’t you want to say hello? Maybe spend a week or so with us?” ― Amy Diamond
30. “Of course risk is part of spaceflight. We accept some of that to achieve greater goals in exploration and find out more about ourselves and the universe.” ~ Lisa Nowak
31. “Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” ~ Mae Jemison
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33. “Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.” ~ Peter Diamandis
34. “To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” ~ Stephen Hawking
35. “Like we’re here, and at the same time, in outer space. Which, of course, we are. We’re all untethered, all flying around in the dark, the same as Mars and Venus, the same as the stars.” ~ Maria Dahvana Headley
36. “Astronauts are inherently insane. And really noble.” ~ Andy Weir
37. “Anyone who sits on top of the largest hydrogen-oxygen fueled system in the world, knowing they’re going to light the bottom, and doesn’t get a little worried, does not fully understand the situation.” ~ John Young
38. “Stars are born babies, just like us. They live their lives, then die without fuss.” ~ Joseph Raphael Becker
39. “As long as we are a single-planet species, we are vulnerable to extinction by a planetwide catastrophe, natural or self-induced. Once we become a multi-planet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.” ~ David Grinspoon
40. “We overfill our lives, hoping more will make us feel like we are enough.” ~ Ellie Roscher
41. “Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected by our outer space.” ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
42. “At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.” ~ Natalie Wood
43. “Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.” ~ Sylvia Earle
44. “Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” ~ Fred Hoyle
45. “Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.” ~ Seneca
46. “The time will come when man will know even what is going on in the other planets and perhaps be able to visit them.” ~ Henry Ford
47. “I know the sky is not the limit because there are footprints on the Moon — and I made some of them!” ~ Buzz Aldrin
48. “The moon was out of orbit. The stars were awry. But everything else was exactly
49. “There were only the great diamonds and sapphires and emerald mists and velvet inks of space, with God’s voice mingling among the crystal fires.” ~ Ray Bradbury
50. “Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar examined, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked and even blasted. Still to come: Mars being stepped on.” ~ Buzz Aldrin
51. “From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” ― Edgar Mitchell
52. “There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” ~ Marshall McLuhan
53. “Space travel is life-enhancing, and anything that’s life-enhancing is worth doing. It makes you want to live forever.” ~ Ray Bradbury
54. “The stars will never be won by little minds; we must be big as space itself.” ~ Robert A. Heinlein
55. “What we wanted was to see planets taste life in a way they never had.” ~ Mandy Ashcraft
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