Nursing Quotes

192 quotes by 147 authors

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. — Florence Nightingale
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow… — Florence Nightingale
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. — Florence Nightingale
So 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… — Florence Nightingale
The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality. — Florence Nightingale
I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than… — Florence Nightingale
She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel. — Florence Nightingale
I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy. — Emo Philips
Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing. — Peter Singer
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs… — Charles Stanley
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to… — Simone Weil
Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home. — Steven Wright
and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart. — Augusten Burroughs
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the… — Abraham Lincoln
An aptitude test established architecture as an alternative [career]. But what decided the matter for [Teddy Cruz] was the sight of a fourth-year architecture student… — Rebecca Solnit
Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
What do you want to do with me?" she asked. You had an unpleasant tumble." He nodded toward the unfamiliar creatures. "My Ganmede friends and… — Frank Beddor
A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Q, you're going to go to Duke. You're going to be a very successful lawyer-or-something and get married and have babies and live your whole… — John Green
He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining the most suitable… — Hermann Hesse

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