No 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.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALETo understand God’s thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
More Florence Nightingale Quotes
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I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.
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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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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 first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
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The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect.
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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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Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity these, three and a place in society where no one of the three can be exercised?
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I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
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Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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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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The night is given to us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power.
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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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Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
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Woman has nothing but her affections,–and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.
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