Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEFor 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.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.
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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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No woman has excited “passions” among women more than I have. Yet I leave no school behind me.
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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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A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
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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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The only English patients I have ever known refuse tea, have been typhus cases; and the first sign of their getting better was their craving again for tea.
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I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. For years and years I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning.
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Averages seduce us away from minute observation.
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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary nevertheless to lay down such a principle.
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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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Never give nor take an excuse.
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Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
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Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
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