May we hope that, when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally experienced in the hard, practical work, the difficulties, and the joys of organizing nursing reforms, and who will lead far beyond anything we have done!

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Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.― Rumi

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A flower blossoms for its own joy. ― Oscar Wilde

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A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall. — Serena Williams

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The single biggest obstacle to us getting what we really need and want in life is right here. It's ourselves. — William Ury

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Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.― Sean O'Casey

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My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy.

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I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall. — Serena Williams

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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. — Beyonce Knowles

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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