The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
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.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act.
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Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?
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Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
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Do not engage in any paper wars. You will convince nobody and arrive at no satisfaction yourself.
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It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick that, second only to their need of fresh air, is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room and that it is not only light but direct sunlight they want.
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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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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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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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For it may safely be said, not that the habit of ready and correct observation will by itself make us useful nurses, but that without it we shall be useless with all our devotion.
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Woman has nothing but her affections,–and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.
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I use the word nursing for want of a better.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
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