居里夫人

居里夫人是首位获得诺贝尔奖的女性，且是世界上第一位获得两项诺贝尔奖的人。更多关于她的介绍，见百度百科 。居里夫人下面这些话，字字如珠玑，句句是箴言。

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.

生活中没有什么可恐惧的，只是可以理解的。现在是了解更多的时候了，这样我们就可以减少恐惧。

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

不要对人好奇，而要对想法好奇。

Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.

不要惧怕完美，否则您将永远无法实现完美。

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.

我们必须有毅力，最重要的是对自己有信心。我们必须相信，我们有天赋，一定是可以达到目标的。

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement.

您不能指望在不提高个人水平的情况下建立更美好的世界。为此，我们每个人都必须为自己的进步而努力。

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

我所接受的教育是，进步的道路既不迅速也不容易。

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

没有人注意到已经完成的事情。一个人只能看到还有什么需要做。

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

有些虐待狂的科学家急于寻找错误而不是建立真理。

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.

我经常被问到如何使家庭生活与科学职业相协调，尤其是女性。好吧，这并不容易。

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

第一原则：永远不要让自己被任何人或事打败。

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.

人类需要务实的人，他们要充分利用自己的工作，并在不忘记大众利益的情况下维护自己的利益。但是，人类也需要梦想家，对于他们而言，企业不涉己利的发展的诱惑力如此之大，以至于他们无法将自己的精力投入到自己的物质利润中。

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

一生中，大自然的新景象会使我像个孩子一样高兴。

注：英文均来自书籍和网络。