14 Memorable Quotes By Marie Curie, The First Female Nobel Prize Winner

Famous As: The First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize

Born On: 1867

Died On: 1934

Born In: Warsaw, Poland

Died At Age: 66

Marie Sklodowska Curie was a Poland born French scientist, who specialised in physics and chemistry and is particularly famous for being the pioneer in research pertaining to radioactivity. Marie Curie has the distinction of being the first female winner of the Nobel Prize and even more remarkably, she remains the only woman to have been bestowed with the Nobel Prize twice. She won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and eight years later, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. As such, it is not a surprise that she is regarded as not only one of the greatest scientists to have ever existed but also a symbol of female involvement in science, at a time when it was something that was not as common. Marie Curie was also the first woman to have the honour of being a professor at the famous University of Paris. During her life, she spoke on a variety of subjects and her thoughts widely influenced the women all over the world. Here is a collection of memorable quotes and sayings by Marie Curie on a range of subjects, such as feminism, life, family, woman, nature, progress and other things.

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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.

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.
Life Time Fear
Marie Curie

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
Marie Curie

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.

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.
Life Believe
Marie Curie

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.

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

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.

We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.
Believe
Marie Curie

Scientist believe in things, not in person

Scientist believe in things, not in person
Believe
Marie Curie

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.
Life Me Nature Like
Marie Curie

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

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

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.
Marie Curie

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

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

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

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

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 place before natural phenomenon, which impress him like a fairy tale.

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 place before natural phenomenon, which impress him like a fairy tale.
Think Like I
Marie Curie

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

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

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.

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.
Never Hope
Marie Curie