All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

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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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"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

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Taking Risks

"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Taking Risks

"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."

Taking Risks

"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

Taking Risks

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."

- Thomas Aquinas

Taking Risks