Florence Nightingale

I have seen but one rule of life for the body and that is cleanliness.

The cheerful, contented, happy people are the most healthy.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

How very little can be done under the spirit of Dr. Johnson, who was all for 'authority' and doing nothing without it.

The great thoroughfares of London are full of misery.

I thank God for my breakdown; for it showed me what I was.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

The lady with the lamp.

I wanted something to do with my life.

No, I don't want to be a heroine.

The kingdom of heaven is within you.

The very first requirement in a hospital, as in a house, is that it should do the sick no harm.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

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 slight and which are of no importance at all.

Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things are often done by the smallest people.

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.

The world is put back by every mistake you make.

May we hope that, when we are all dead and gone, leaders will arise who have been personally to the fore, and who have made themselves practically acquainted with the actual wants of the people.

A man who has been in an hospital for weeks, or months, or years, is not likely to be in a state of mind to be able to judge for himself.