Florence Nightingale

The nurse must be a woman of good sense.

The nurse must be a woman of good education.

The nurse must be a woman of good health.

The nurse must be a woman of good principles.

The nurse must be a woman of good manners.

The nurse must be a woman of good taste.

The nurse must be a woman of good habits.

The nurse must be a woman of good example.

The nurse must be a woman of good influence.

The nurse must be a woman of good courage.

The nurse must be a woman of good patience.

The nurse must be a woman of good cheer.

The nurse must be a woman of good hope.

I am so glad to think that I have been of some use to my country.

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

The world is put back by every woman who is made to think that she can do nothing but marry.

I am a woman. I have a man's brain and a woman's heart.

The very first canon of nursing, the first and the last, is this: to keep the air the patient breathes as pure as the external air, without chilling him.

I have lived and learned, and I have learned that I have lived.

The greatest sufferers are not those who are sick, but those who are well and have nothing to do.