More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
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.
Never give nor take an excuse.
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.
For the sick it is important to have the best.
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
May we hope that, when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally experienced in the hard, practical work, the difficulties, and the joys of organizing nursing reforms, and who will lead far beyond anything we have done!
