24 Marie Curie Quotes About Life (SCIENCE)

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“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”
Marie Curie

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. — Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the **time** to understand more, so that we may **fear** less.

You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.

Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it. — Have no **fear** of perfection; you’ll never reach it.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

First principle never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events. — First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.

It is important to make a dream of life and of a dream reality. — It is important to make a **dream** of life and of a dream reality.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace. — The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of **grace**.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. — All my life through, the new sights of **Nature** made me rejoice like a child.

14 Marie Curie Quotes on Life and Science (CURIOSITY)

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have **perseverance** and above all **confidence** in ourselves.

We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. — There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the **truth**.

“I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on afterwards to go to the laboratory.”
Marie Curie

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy. — I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific **career**. Well, it has not been easy.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity. — If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that **spirit of adventure**, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.

Scientist believe in things, not in person.

Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science. — It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your **ambition** the **determination** to make a permanent contribution to science.

We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good times will come again. — We must keep our certainty that after the bad days the good **times** will come again.

Marie Curie Short Biography

Born on 7 November 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, Maria Salomea Sklodowska, more famously known as Marie Curie, was a physicist who was famous for successfully isolating radium and was a recipient of two Nobel prizes in two different fields.

Curie worked as a teacher to help support her family when her father died. She moved to Paris in 1891, and it was there that she met many well-known physicists, and in 1894 Curie started working in Gabriel Lippmann‘s laboratory.

In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre Curie discovered polonium and radium. Five years later, in 1903, Curie received her doctorate of science, and in the same year, she won the Nobel prize for Physics.

Curie was the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne when she was offered a professor position in 1906.

Marie Curie’s is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, she is also the first person to ever win the Nobel Prize twice. Her contributions to the scientific community have made her an inspiration to women and women in science all over the world.

Further Reading:

Marie Curie: The Pioneer for Women in Science – UMKC
Marie Curie Voted Most Influential Woman in History – The Straits Times
The Great Invention of Marie Curie – OpenMind BBVA
Marie Curie – How One Woman Changed the Course of Science – YourStory

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