Florence Nightingale

A man who has made up his mind to be a fool is a fool indeed.

The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick.

I stand at the altar of the future, and I see a time when there will be no more war, no more poverty, no more disease.

The greatest misfortune in the world is to be misunderstood.

I have seen the face of God, and it is a woman's face.

The most important lesson in life is to learn how to live.

The best way to get something done is to begin.

I am not a woman who can be put in a cage.

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own thoughts.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

What you do to yourself, you do to the world.

If I could give you one piece of advice, it would be to never give up.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

The true way to be happy is to make others happy.

I am no longer a young woman, but I am still a woman.

I think I am a little mad sometimes.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to learn over again what has been learned by the living.

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

The lamp of sacrifice has burned out, and the lamp of self-sacrifice is burning.

The greatest good we can do for others is not just to share our riches with them, but to reveal their own riches to them.