God Quotes by Florence Nightingale

8 God quotes by Florence Nightingale

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The pioneering nurse and social reformer offers eight short, compassionate thoughts about the divine. Her gentle, caring tone mirrors her lifelong dedication to healing, providing a soothing glimpse into faith.

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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are…

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If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has…

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To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose

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“I must strive to see only God in my friends, and God in my cats.”

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To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

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Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things…

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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

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The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in…

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Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day. If her face, too, so much the better.

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I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. ... for years and years I used to watch for death as…

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A dark house is always an unhealthy house, always an ill-aired house, always a dirty house. Want of light stops growth and promotes scrofula,…

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Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients are actual means of recovery.

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