We Must Have Perseverance And

Radium Is Not To Enrich Any One. It Is An Element; It Is For All People.

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.

If It Takes A Hundred Years, It Will Be A Pity, But I Will Not Cease To Work For It As Long As I Live.

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 Cannot Hope To Build A Better World Without Improving The Individuals.