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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.
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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
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.
Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.
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.
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.
Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
