Star Trek Day: 15 Inspiring Quotes From The Beloved Franchise

Trekkies all around the world reunite as Star Trek Day is back again. This year's celebration marks 55 years of the much-loved franchise.

Star Trek Day, observed every Sept. 8, honors the day in 1966 when Star Trek: The Original Series first graced television screens. From that pilot episode entitled "The Man Trap," the franchise has since grown exponentially and even continues to expand with current and upcoming series.

Whether you were a fan of the franchise from the beginning or a much newer one, Star Trek Day is an opportunity for viewers all over the world to celebrate "all things Star Trek."

To mark the event, Trekkies around the globe can celebrate by watching a marathon of their favorite series in the franchise or perhaps the many movies that have been made on the same since. Others may also join the free live-streamed panels lined up for the occasion, featuring cast members and the "creative minds" behind the Star Trek universe.

To commemorate the day, let's have a look at some inspiring quotes from the franchise that may just get you excited for Star Trek Day. (Courtesy: Memory Alpha, Inc., AnQuotes, Magical Quotes and TV Tropes)

1. "Live long and prosper." - Spock
2. "Leave bigotry in your quarters; there's no room for it on the bridge." - Capt. James T. Kirk
3. "I am pleased to see that we have differences. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us." - Surak
4. "There are three things to remember about being a starship captain: Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew." - Capt. Kathryn Janeway
5. "Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again." - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
6. "One man cannot summon the future. But one man can change the present!" - Alternate Mr. Spock
7. "It can be argued that a human is ultimately the sum of his experiences." - Capt. Benjamin Sisko
8. "To all mankind — may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth." - Garth
9. "Sometimes, the universe allows for the making of unexpected memories." - Capt. Philippa Georgiou
10. "On this site, a powerful engine will be built. An engine that will allow us to travel a thousand times faster than we can today. And with it, we will explore strange new worlds. Seek out new life and new civilizations. And to go... boldly... where no man has gone before." - Zefram Cochrane
11. "Compassion: that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them." - Dr. Leonard McCoy
12. "War! What is it good for? If you ask me, absolutely nothing." - Quark
13. "Some people choose to live their lives as if nothing is a miracle. But Airiam fought for her life, and so everything was." - Sylvia Tilly
14. "Things are only impossible until they're not." - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
15. "That may be the most important thing to understand about humans. It is the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. We are explorers. We explore our lives day by day, and we explore the galaxy, trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge." - Commander Sisko