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If you ask the female science enthusiasts all over the globe to list their idols, undoubtedly “Marie Curie” would surely be one of the names in all the lists. Yes, such is an aura of this lady! Born in an era, when women were not considered capable enough to pursue science and research, Marie Curie fought! she struggled, she failed, she swooned…but she never gave up!
Determination and hard work were her virtues. Against all odds, Marie Curie became one of the most successful scientists in the history, developing the theory of “radioactivity”, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and eventually discovered two radioactive elements, polonium, and radium.
Under her direction, the world’s first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms using radioactive isotopes. Not only this, but Marie Curie also founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and in Warsaw, which are major centers of medical research even today. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals. The list of her contributions to science is indeed a long one.
Eventually, because of her tremendous services to science, she became a recipient of several awards and honors. Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. So celebrating her legacy and glory, here are 20 quotes by Marie Curie that will inspire you to fight against all odds and become a successful person in life.
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Top Marie Curie Quotes:
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement.
First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.
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.
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.
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If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.
Decide. Have fun and get started! The world is waiting for you to reveal your gift!
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.
You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
It is important to make a dream of life and of a dream reality.
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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, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
There is nothing more wonderful than being a scientist, nowhere I would rather be than in my lab, staining up my clothes and getting paid to play.
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.
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She’s not just an inspiration for female Science enthusiasts, she was my hero growing up for a couple of reasons:
– she won Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry – something no one has repeated
– She discovered new elements – for some reason there was a real romance in this, like discovering new lands.
Her gender did not matter to me. It was her utter brilliance and profound impact that she had on the development of science that impressed me.