Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 become the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race. Inspirational Yuri Gagarin quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.
Famous Yuri Gagarin Quotes
The view of the Earth from an altitude of 175-300 km is very sharp. The Earth’s surface looks approximately the same as seen from a high flying jet plane. Clearly distinctive are large mountain ranges, large rivers, large forest areas, shorelines and islands. Yuri Gagarin
Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it! Yuri Gagarin
Our technique is very reliable and I, as well as my comrades, scientists, engineers and technicians did not doubt for a minute its successful completion. Yuri Gagarin
I see no god up here. Yuri Gagarin
My state of being during the entire period of weightlessness was superb. Yuri Gagarin
I looked and looked but I didn’t see God. Yuri Gagarin
I attended grade school, then a manual school in Lyubertsy near Moscow. After that, I went to the Saratov Industrial Technicum to become a smelting designer. However, my oldest dream was to become a pilot. Yuri Gagarin
The earth was blue but there was no god. Yuri Gagarin
During the active portion, when the spaceship was injected into orbit, the effects of gravitation, vibration and noise, as well as other factors of the cosmic flight, did not have any bearing on my condition. Yuri Gagarin
Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation. Yuri Gagarin
I am very happy and immensely thankful to our party and our government for entrusting me with this flight. I have completed this flight in the name of our Fatherland, in the name of the great Soviet people, and the communist party of the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin
I feel fine. How about you? Yuri Gagarin
In my own opinion, the effect of weightlessness has no influence on the normal state of the organism and on the physiological functions of a human organism. Yuri Gagarin
I see Earth! It is so beautiful. Yuri Gagarin
Before the flight I was in good health and felt very well. I had complete assurance in the success of this flight. Yuri Gagarin
I don’t see any god up here first man in space, while in space. Yuri Gagarin
I would like to praise here our Soviet designers, engineers and technicians, as well as the entire Soviet nation, for creating the remarkable spaceship ‘Vostok’, its remarkable equipment and powerful carrier rocket which has placed such a huge spaceship in orbit. Yuri Gagarin
When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow! Yuri Gagarin
I was able to work productively in accordance with the program which was assigned for this flight. Yuri Gagarin
To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature could one dream of anything more? Yuri Gagarin
The clouds which cover the Earth’s surface are very visible, and their shadow on the Earth can be seen distinctly. The color of the sky is completely black. The stars on this black background seem to be somewhat brighter and clearer. Yuri Gagarin
The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory. You have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin. Yuri Gagarin
Personally, I would like to fly some more into space. I like flying. My biggest wish is to fly toward Venus, toward Mars, which is really flying. Yuri Gagarin
I could have gone on flying through space forever. Yuri Gagarin
The exit from the Earth’s shadow is also rapid and sharp. Because I was prepared for it, the influence of the cosmic flight factors endured very well. Now I feel excellent. Yuri Gagarin
I am watching the Earth. The visibility is good. I feel well and cheerful. The machine is functioning normally. Yuri Gagarin
I am immensely glad that my beloved fatherland was the first in history to penetrate the cosmos. The first airplane, the first satellite, the first cosmic spaceship and the first manned flight into space, these are the stages on the great road of my fatherland toward the conquest of the mysteries of nature. Yuri Gagarin
If all those people are getting wet to welcome me, surely the least I can do is get wet too! Yuri Gagarin
Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it! Yuri Gagarin
I see no god up here. Yuri Gagarin
Nothing will stop us. The road to the stars is steep and dangerous. But we’re not afraid.Yuri Gagarin
I see Earth! It is so beautiful. Yuri Gagarin
The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory, as some people make it out to be. You have to put in a lot of work, a lot of sweat, and have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin. Yuri Gagarin
I am a friend, comrades, a friend!Yuri Gagarin
I am a simple Soviet man. I was born March 9, 1934, to the family of a peasant. The place of my birth was in the Smolensk region.Yuri Gagarin
I could have gone on flying through space forever. Yuri Gagarin
I see Earth! It is so beautiful. Yuri Gagarin
It is better too be wrong to soon than right too late. Yuri Gagarin
Spaceflights can’t be stopped. This isn’t the work of any one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process which mankind is carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human development. Yuri Gagarin
I don’t see any God up here first man in space, while in space. Yuri Gagarin
I could have gone on flying through space forever. Yuri Gagarin.
We plan to fly some more and intend to conquer cosmic space as it should be done. Yuri Gagarin
If all those people are getting wet to welcome me, surely the least I can do is get wet too! Yuri Gagarin
Here I am, a grown man and a prospective cosmonaut, playing with a golden ball and holding a little flask of water to drink from. If only my little girl could see her daddy with these toys. Yuri Gagarin
Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it! Yuri Gagarin
Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation. Yuri Gagarin
Circling the earth in the orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world!! Let us safeguard and enhance this beauty not destroy it. Yuri Gagarin
When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow! Yuri Gagarin
When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it! Yuri Gagarin
When I left the Earth’s shadow, the Sun’s rays penetrated the Earth’s atmosphere. At this point, the Earth’s horizon was dark blue, violet and finally black. Yuri Gagarin
Spaceflights can’t be stopped. This isn’t the work of any one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process which mankind is carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human development. Yuri Gagarin
To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature could one dream of anything more? Yuri Gagarin
It’s not for glory that Soviet cosmonauts are in this assault on the cosmos; they are motivated by a limitless love for and devotion to their country, the Party and the people, and by a desire to help Soviet scientists to discover the secrets of the universe. Yuri Gagarin
What an indescribable gamut of colors! Just like the paintings of the artist Nicholas Roerich. Yuri Gagarin
I saw for the first time the earth’s shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large bodies of water. The horizon is dark blue, smoothly turning to black the feelings which filled me I can express with one word joy. Yuri Gagarin
I was in a cloud of fire rushing toward Earth. Yuri Gagarin
Nothing will stop us. The road to the stars is steep and dangerous. But we’re not afraid Space flights can’t be stopped. This isn’t the work of one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process which mankind is carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human development. Yuri Gagarin
Obviously, the spaceship passed over the ocean during this period of time. If the spaceship would have passed over large cities, then I would have probably been able to see the lights of those cities. The stars were well visible. Yuri Gagarin
Rays were blazing through the atmosphere of the earth, the horizon became bright orange, gradually passing into all the colors of the rainbow: from light blue to dark blue, to violet and then to black. What an indescribable gamut of colors! Just like the paintings of the artist Nicholas Roerich. Yuri Gagarin
The Earth is surrounded by a characteristic blue halo. This halo is particularly visible at the horizon. From a light blue coloring, the sky blends into a beautiful deep blue, then dark blue, violet, and finally complete black. Yuri Gagarin
What beauty. I saw clouds and their light shadows on the distant dear earth The water looked like a darkish, slightly gleaming spots When I watched the horizon, I saw the abrupt, contrasting transition from the earth’s light colored surface to the absolutely black sky. I enjoyed the rich color spectrum of the earth. It is surrounded by a light blue aureole that gradually darkens, becomes turquoise, dark blue, violet, and finally coal black. Yuri Gagarin
The transition into the Earth’s shadow took place very rapidly. Darkness comes instantly and nothing can be seen. Yuri Gagarin
The landing proceeded successfully and my presence here demonstrates the success of the systems. Yuri Gagarin
I am watching the Earth. The visibility is good. I feel well and cheerful. Yuri Gagarin
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