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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Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

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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.

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Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

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Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

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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.

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Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.

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Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.

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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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I use the word nursing for want of a better.

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