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More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
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.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
For the sick it is important to have the best.
Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
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.
