When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

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"The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter."

- Sally Ride

Awareness

"The view of Earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing feeling. It’s a totally different perspective, and it makes you appreciate, actually, how fragile our existence is."

- Sally Ride

Awareness

"Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people."

- Sally Ride

Success

"There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields; girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences."

- Sally Ride

Empowerment

"I did not come to NASA to make history."

- Sally Ride

Ambition

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"Do one thing every day that scares you."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Facing Fears

"Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think."

- Olivia Newton John

Facing Fears

"Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort."

- Peter McWilliams

Facing Fears

"Limits, like fear, is often an illusion."

- Michael Jordan

Facing Fears

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear you will make one."

- Elbert Hubbard

Facing Fears