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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
People say the effect is only on the mind. It is no such thing. The effect is on the body, too. Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect. Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the objects presented to patients, are actual means of recovery.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
