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> [I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the earth rising in the distance over the lunar landscape . . . . It makes us realize that we all do exist on one small globe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/i-think-the-one-overwhelming-emotion-that-we-had-was-when-we-saw-the/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

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## More by Frank Borman

> [ \[The Moon\] was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of the Earth did. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/the-moon-was-a-sobering-sight-but-it-didn-t-have-the-impact-on-me-at/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [The more we learn about the wonders of our universe, the more clearly we are going to perceive the hand of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/the-more-we-learn-about-the-wonders-of-our-universe-the-more-clearly/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/a-superior-pilot-uses-his-superior-judgment-to-avoid-situations-which/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/give-us-o-god-the-vision-which-can-see-your-love-in-the-world-in/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/exploration-is-really-the-essence-of-the-human-spirit/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/there-has-always-been-a-certain-romanticism-associated-with-the/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/the-view-of-the-earth-from-the-moon-fascinated-me-a-small-disk-240/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [Astronauts: space activists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/astronauts-space-activists/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/and-from-the-crew-of-apollo-8-we-close-with-good-night-good-luck-a/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the earth rising in the distance over the lunar landscape .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/i-think-the-one-overwhelming-emotion-that-we-had-was-when-we-saw-the/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/it-s-a-vast-lonely-forbidding-expanse-of-nothing-rather-like-clouds/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/when-you-re-finally-up-on-the-moon-looking-back-at-the-earth-all/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [We have to earn our Wings every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/we-have-to-earn-our-wings-every-day/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [There is just no way that I can understand in God's green earth that an airline could undertake with its normal procedures the operation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/there-is-just-no-way-that-i-can-understand-in-god-s-green-earth-that/)

[Frank Borman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-borman/)

> [“When you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth,all those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-borman/when-you-re-finally-up-at-the-moon-looking-back-on-earth-all-those/)

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