Volumes are now written and spoken upon the effect of the mind upon the body. Much of it is true. But I wish a little more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALENo man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-‘devoted and obedient.’ This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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By mortifying vanity we do ourselves no good. It is the want of interest in our life which produces it; by filling up that want of interest in our life we can alone remedy it.
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Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer
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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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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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I can expect no sympathy or help from my family.
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No woman has excited “passions” among women more than I have. Yet I leave no school behind me.
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Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
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The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
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I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small.
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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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People have founded vast schemes upon a very few words.
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That Religion is not devotion, but work and suffering for the love of God; this is the true doctrine of Mystics.
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Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.
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The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
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Remember my name– you’ll be screaming it later.
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