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 NIGHTINGALEThe night is given to us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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The craving for ‘the return of the day’, which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.
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I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small.
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Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses, we must be learning all of our lives.
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I can stand out the war with any man.
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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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It is very well to say “be prudent, be careful, try to know each other.” But how are you to know each other?
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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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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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Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
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Averages seduce us away from minute observation.
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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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For the sick it is important to have the best.
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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.
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