The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEThe craving for ‘the return of the day’, which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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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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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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Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.
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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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Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.
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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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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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There are no specific diseases only specific disease conditions.
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I use the word nursing for want of a better.
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Marriage is the only chance (and it is but a chance) offered to women for escape from this death and how eagerly and how ignorantly it is embraced.
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To understand God’s thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
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Averages seduce us away from minute observation.
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Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.
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The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed.
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