"The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in……" — Florence Nightingale
"The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply."
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85 Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale has 85 quotes on this site.
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Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we…
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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
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People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying…
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can…
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Let people who have to observe sickness and death look back and try to register in their observation the appearances…
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What the horrors of war are, no one can imagine. They are not wounds and blood and fever, spotted and…
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Heaven is neither a place nor a time.
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The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that…
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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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For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but…
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Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery.
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A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
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More Cleanliness Quotes
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Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid…
— Anthony Burgess
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Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
— Geoffrey Chaucer
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Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life.
— Jean Anouilh
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People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap,…
— David Brooks
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In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.
— Joseph Joubert
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Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.
— Carl Van Vechten
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If cleanliness is next to godliness, surely our cats must go to heaven and sit on the arm of God's…
— Jerry Climer
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But to fly is just like swimming. You do not forget easily. I have been on the ground for more…
— Unknown Author
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I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the…
— Florence Nightingale
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The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms…
— Florence Nightingale
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Morality, like physical cleanliness, is not acquired once and for all: it can only be kept and renewed by a…
— Unknown Author
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