As an educator, you are likely always looking for ways to keep your students motivated. That’s why we’ve created this inspirational poster with STEM quotes from famous scientists, astronauts, and other STEM role models for you to display in your classroom.
These quotes will inspire your students to keep learning, take on new challenges, and reach for the stars!
1. “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.”
–Marie Curie, physicist, chemist, and winner of two Nobel Prizes known for discovering radioactivity, radium, and polonium
2. “Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.”
–Robert A. Heinlein, aeronautical engineer and science fiction author
3. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
–Alan Kay, computer scientist and winner of the A.M. Turing Award for his contributions to object-oriented programming languages and personal computing
4. “We have the opportunity to create the future and decide what that’s like.”
–Mae Jemison, former NASA astronaut, engineer, physician, and the first Black woman to travel into space
5. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”
–Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
6. “If you take a look at the most fantastic schemes that are considered impossible… you realize that they can be possible if we advance technology a little bit.”
–Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist, co-founder of string field theory, and author
7. “Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.”
–Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurologist and joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factor
8. “Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
–Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist known for developing the theory of relativity and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
9. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
–Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, scientist, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and writer known for numerous inventions, including the lightning rod
10. “Do the research. Ask questions. Find someone doing what you are interested in! Be curious!”
–Katherine Johnson, mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
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