Quote

The Moon has given us months, tides and a destination that ever-beckons. It's time we build a rocket and go to stay.

Chris Hadfield

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Chris Hadfield
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 29
Aircraft Pilot
Astronaut
Camera Operator
Executive Producer
Guitarist
Singer
Songwriter
Sarnia
Ontario
Chris Austin Hadfield
Christopher Austin Hadfield
Chris A. Hadfield
Commander Hadfield
Cmdr. Hadfield
Moon
Months
Beckons
Stay
Rocket
Given
Rockets
Ever
Epic
Time
Tides
Destination
Build

More quotes by Chris Hadfield

Image
Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician.
Chris Hadfield
Image
There is no problem so bad that you cannot make it worse
Chris Hadfield
Image
Square astronaut, round hole. But somehow, I'd managed to push myself through it, and here was the truly amazing part: along the way, I'd become a good fit. It had only taken 21 years.
Chris Hadfield
Image
There is a sunrise or a sunset from space every 92 minutes so there is an incredible amount of beauty to see from up there.
Chris Hadfield
Image
What's the next thing that's going to kill me? is a mantra for pilots and astronauts.
Chris Hadfield
Image
If you start thinking that only your biggest and shiniest moments count, you're setting yourself up to feel like a failure most of the time.
Chris Hadfield
Image
Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to tough problems when every second counts. It encompasses ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything.
Chris Hadfield
Image
I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.
Chris Hadfield
Image
It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills but for the grindstone, and pressing our noses to it.
Chris Hadfield
Image
Sweat the small stuff. Without letting anyone see you sweat.
Chris Hadfield
Image
We are not machines exploring the universe, we are people.
Chris Hadfield
Image
As I have discovered again and again, things are never as bad (or as good) as they seem at the time.
Chris Hadfield
Image
Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk.
Chris Hadfield
Image
There's really just one thing I can control: my attitude during the journey, which is what keeps me feeling steady and stable, and what keeps me headed in the right direction. So I consciously monitor and correct, if necessary, because losing attitude would be far worse than not achieving my goal.
Chris Hadfield
Image
When I stand on the edge of a cliff or right at the edge of a building or something, it's one of the few things that gives me kind of a deep, overwhelming, irrational fear where it affects my physiology.
Chris Hadfield
Image
So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it.
Chris Hadfield
Image
Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.
Chris Hadfield
Image
People tend to think astronauts have the courage of a superhero - or maybe the emotional range of a robot. But in order to stay calm in a high-stress, high-stakes situation, all you really need is knowledge. Sure, you might still feel a little nervous or stressed or hyper-alert. But what you won't feel is terrified.
Chris Hadfield
Image
Every single day you're the result of what you did on the days prior.
Chris Hadfield
Image
Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.
Chris Hadfield