Valentina Tereshkova Quotes

"I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Development, Will)

"Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Love, Time, Dream, Childhood, Rest, Sky, Space, Will)

"Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Earth, Space)

"Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Leader, Exploration, Responsibility, Right, Russia, Space, World)

"The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Change, Life, Bible, Ideals, Party, Principles, Will)

"They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Arguments, Being, Flying, Space)

"To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure."
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Success, Adventure, Trouble, Want)

"If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?"
- Valentina Tereshkova
(Related: Women, Russia, Space, Workers)