If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.

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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

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Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

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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.

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Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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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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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.

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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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