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Find important quotes and citations by the author Marie Skłodowska Curie.
Quote 2594
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But 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.More quotes on the topics: humanity work interest dreams ideas development enterprise egoism devotion
Quote 2593
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideasQuote 2592
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 attainedMore quotes on the topics: perseverance confidence gift aims intentions self-knowledge living effort
Quote 2591
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.More quotes on the topics: progress performance effort diligence education
Quote 2590
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to itMore quotes on the topics: history sense property mankind performance
Quote 2589
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveriesMore quotes on the topics: humanity progress evil discovery future success mankind
Quote 2588
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 general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whoMore quotes on the topics: hope world individualism improvement responsibility humanity development
Quote 2587
In science, we must be interested in things, not in personsMore quotes on the topics: interest profession performance
Quote 2586
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easyMore quotes on the topics: family children performance time pressure
Quote 2585
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be doneMore quotes on the topics: work duty performance attention superficiality effort
Quote 2584
All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a childMore quotes on the topics: lifetime nature admiration beauty joy
Quote 1657
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 lessMore quotes on the topics: fear understanding living
Quote 887
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