Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

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Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

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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; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Kurt Vonnegut

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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. _ Vincent Van Gogh

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. - Maya Angelou

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. — George Bernard Shaw

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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

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