More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
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.
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?
For the sick it is important to have the best.
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.
The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
Never give nor take an excuse.
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.
