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

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People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.

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

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Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.

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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary nevertheless to lay down such a principle.

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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.

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For the sick it is important to have the best.

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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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Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer

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