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.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEUnnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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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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The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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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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At present we live to impede each other’s satisfactions; competition, domestic life, society, what is it all but this?
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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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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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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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In a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut.
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I can expect no sympathy or help from my family.
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Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients are actual means of recovery.
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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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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
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Diseases, as all experience shows, are adjectives, not noun substantives.
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The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
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