Quotes from Marie Curie

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 mankind.

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

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

Certein bodies... become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them by the action of a spark, and also by the action of radium.

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

Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit. Without doubt, these dreamers do not deserve wealth, because they do not desire it. Even so, a well-organized society should assure to such workers the efficient means of accomplishing their task, in a life freed from material care and freely consecrated to research.

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

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

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

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

So perished the hope founded on the wonderful being who thus ceased to be. In the study room to which he was never to return, the water buttercups he had brought from the country were still fresh.

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

All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me...

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

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

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

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

Cuanto más se envejece, más se siente que saber gozar del presente es un don precioso, comparable a un estado de gracia.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

Pierre... Si l'un de nous disparaissait... l'autre ne devrait pas lui survivre. Nous ne pourrions exister l'un sans l'autre. N'est-ce pas ?

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

Nada en este mundo debe ser temido...solo entendido. Ahora es el momento de comprender más, para que podamos temer menos.

Noi non possiamo sperare di costruire un mondo migliore senza migliorare gli individui. Con questo scopo, ciascuno di noi deve lavorare al proprio perfezionamento, pur accettando la propria parte nella vita generale dell'Umanità; poiché il nostro dovere particolare è di aiutare quelli ai quali possiamo essere più utili

Nada de lo que existe en la vida es para ser temido, sino para ser entendido. Ahora es tiempo de entender más, para que podamos temer menos