Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

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Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it. _ Orhan Pamuk

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Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness. _ Joel Osteen

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When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars. — Robert Breault

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ― Oprah Winfrey

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Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.― Nicolas Chamfort

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime. ― Mandy Hale

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