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.
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.
A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
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.
The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms of the disease at all, but of something quite different-of the want of fresh air, or of light, or of warmth, or of quiet, or of cleanliness, or of punctuality and care in the administration of diet, of each or of all of these.
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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.
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
