God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe – how to observe – what symptoms indicate improvement – what the reverse – which are of importance – which are of none – which are the evidence of neglect – and of what kind of neglect. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it. Florence Nightingale Read Quote
So 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 Read Quote
