Marie Curie Quotes

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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.

Marie Curie

Life, Encouraging, Being Strong

"Our Precarious Habitat". Book by Melvin A. Benarde, 1970.

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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, at whatever cost, must be attained.

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse, November 30, 1936.

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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Marie Curie

Thoughtful, Ideas, Gossip

"Living Adventures in Science‎". Book by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, 1954.

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

Marie Curie

Self Confidence, Firsts, Principles

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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

Marie Curie

Educational, World, Individual

Marie Curie (2013). “Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie”, p.83, Courier Corporation

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I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

Marie Curie

Positive, Inspiring, Moving On

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Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

Marie Curie

Motivational, Science, World

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We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

Marie Curie

Strength, Confidence, Perseverance

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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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 our own improvement, and at the same time share a genaral responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful.

Marie Curie

Time, Work, Responsibility

"Pierre Curie". Book by Marie Curie translated by Charlotte Kellogg and Vernon Lyman Kellogg, 1923.

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Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Responsibility, Humanity

Marie Curie (2013). “Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie”, p.83, Courier Corporation

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A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

Marie Curie

Children, Fairy Stories, Hair

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse, November 30, 1936.

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We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.

Marie Curie

Science, Discovery, Views

Marie Curie's lecture at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, May 14, 1921.

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

Marie Curie

Change, Progress, Way

"Java Connector Architecture: Building Custom Connectors and Adapters‎". Book by Atul Apte, 2002.

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

Marie Curie

Life, Nature, Children

Marie Curie (2013). “Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.

Marie Curie

Fear, Understanding, Meaningful Life

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The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

Marie Curie

Inspiration, Grace, States

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You can only analyze the data you
have. Be strategic about what to
gather and how to store it

Marie Curie

Data, Stores, Strategic

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

Marie Curie

Thinking, Fairy Tale, Scientist

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.

Marie Curie

Matter, Stability

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I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery has its own beauty.

Marie Curie

Children, Science, Thinking

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.

Marie Curie

Science, Liberty, World

Marie Curie, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1963). “Pierre Curie: With Autobiographical Notes by Marie Curie”, p.85, Courier Corporation

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It's always good to marry your best friend.

Marie Curie

Your Best Friend

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Sometimes my courage fails me and I think I ought to stop working, live in the country and devote myself to gardening. But I am held by a thousand bonds, and I don't know when I shall be able to arrange things otherwise. Nor do I know whether, even by writing scientific books, I could live without the laboratory.

Marie Curie

Country, Book, Writing

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If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will not cease to work for it as long as I live.

Marie Curie

Perseverance, Years, Long

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Born: November 7, 1867
Died: July 4, 1934
Occupation: Physicist
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