More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in "fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will" but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to the same end and that end, not self but God. That is what we call character.
Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed. The night is given us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power. The day, to use the strength which has been given us, to go forth to work with it till the evening.
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
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.
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
