Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing, pioneer of medical statistics
Quotes by Florence Nightingale
It is not the quantity but the quality of the work which is important.
The true nurse, like the true physician, is a minister of God's healing power.
The very first canon of nursing, the first and the last, is to keep the air the patient breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.
No system of nursing can be carried out unless the nurse is a religious woman.
I am of the opinion that the greater part of the evil in the world is due to the want of thought.
The amount of good which a nurse can do depends upon her power of observation.
Ignorance is the root of all evil.
The greatest sufferers are those who suffer in silence.
The Kingdom of God is within you, and you are its king.
The ultimate goal of nursing is to help the patient live.
The true nurse will be a woman of God.
The nurse must be a woman of faith.
The nurse must be a woman of hope.
The nurse must be a woman of charity.
The nurse must be a woman of love.
The nurse must be a woman of prayer.
The nurse must be a woman of courage.
The nurse must be a woman of patience.
The nurse must be a woman of perseverance.
The nurse must be a woman of self-control.