More Quotes by Florence Nightingale
Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
I 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 roots itself.
I use the word nursing for want of a better.
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
Never give nor take an excuse.
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
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.
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
