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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
The 'kingdom of heaven is within,' indeed, but we must also create one without, because we are intended to act upon our circumstances.
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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.
Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
