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!

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The 'kingdom of heaven is within,' indeed, but we must also create one without, because we are intended to act upon our circumstances.

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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

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Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.

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A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.

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Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.

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For the sick it is important to have the best.

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To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

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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.

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I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

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