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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

Florence Nightingale

Averages seduce us away from minute observation.
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Average Observation Seduce
Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.
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Back Nurse Progression Stand
Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses, we must be learning all of our lives.
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Finish Learning Live Nurse Ourselves
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
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Important Lesson Observation Practice
I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
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Attribute Excuse Myself Success
Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity these, three and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised?
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Intellectual Oneself Passion Woman
For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is within’? Heaven is neither a place nor a time.
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Draw God Hard Heaven Mystic Place Time Word
Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God – to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness.
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Communion Divine God Holy Mystic Nature
A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
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Change Death Destruction Existence Human Place
Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.
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Condition God Himself Minister Raise Slave Woman
For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.
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Experience Gain Nurse Progress Word
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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Amount Fear Spirit
For the sick it is important to have the best.
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Best Care Important Sick
Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect.
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Affect Color Effect Physical Way
I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small.
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Lose Myself Opportunity Practice Small
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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Harm Hospital Requirement Sick

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

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