The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.

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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.

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I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.

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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

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Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in "fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will" but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to the same end and that end, not self but God. That is what we call character.

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The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

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I use the word nursing for want of a better.

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Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?

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

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