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

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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. — Marie Curie · Smartyfair

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

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Getting better at anything is slow and hard. That is normal.

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How sure this is: 40% sureLots of sources credit Marie Curie with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up: Widely attributed to Curie's Autobiographical Notes; Wikiquote's own citation ('Java Connector Architecture', 2002) is a clear citation-bot mismatch, not a genuine source.
Work: Autobiographical Notes (appended to Pierre Curie)
Occasion: 1923 · Paris · Reflecting on her scientific career's slow progress
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Listed in main Quotes list but citation is a mismatched/bogus book reference