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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.
People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.
Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
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.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
