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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.
Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.
Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.
For the sick it is important to have the best.
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.
People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.
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.
Never give nor take an excuse.
