More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
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.
I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick that, second only to their need of fresh air, is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room and that it is not only light but direct sunlight they want.
Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.
Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
