Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?

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Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

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I use the word nursing for want of a better.

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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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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

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The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

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Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

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Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.

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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.

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The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms of the disease at all, but of something quite different-of the want of fresh air, or of light, or of warmth, or of quiet, or of cleanliness, or of punctuality and care in the administration of diet, of each or of all of these.

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