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The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.
― Florence Nightingale
Female
Next
Christ
Florence Nightingale
A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.
― Florence Nightingale
Religion
Doe
Destruction
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.
― Florence Nightingale
Jesus
Passion
Men
Florence Nightingale
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
― Florence Nightingale
Nursing
World
Way
Florence Nightingale
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.
― Florence Nightingale
Giving
Ordinary
WouldBe
Florence Nightingale
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
― Florence Nightingale
Art
Nursing
Nurse
Florence Nightingale
Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.
― Florence Nightingale
Jobs
Successful
Starting
Florence Nightingale
Never give nor take an excuse.
― Florence Nightingale
Motivational
Giving
Excuse
Florence Nightingale
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
― Florence Nightingale
Nursing
Nurse
Expectations
Florence Nightingale
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
― Florence Nightingale
Happiness
InspirationalLife
Nursing
Florence Nightingale
I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet-all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.
― Florence Nightingale
Health
Nursing
Light
Florence Nightingale
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.
― Florence Nightingale
Women
Nursing
Opportunity
Florence Nightingale
People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.
― Florence Nightingale
Jesus
Prayer
Real
Florence Nightingale
It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick that, second only to their need of fresh air, is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room and that it is not only light but direct sunlight they want.
― Florence Nightingale
Hurt
Health
Dark
Florence Nightingale
To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.
― Florence Nightingale
God
Nursing
Science
Florence Nightingale
For the sick it is important to have the best.
― Florence Nightingale
Science
Sick
Important
Florence Nightingale
Statistics is the most important science in the whole world: for upon it depends the practical application of every other science and of every art: the one science essential to all political and social administration, all education, all organization based on experience, for it only gives results of our experience.
― Florence Nightingale
Art
Organization
Giving
Florence Nightingale
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.
― Florence Nightingale
Nursing
Light
Air
Florence Nightingale
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
― Florence Nightingale
Smart
Excellence
Littles
Florence Nightingale
I use the word nursing for want of a better.
― Florence Nightingale
Nursing
Use
Want
Florence Nightingale
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