"I stand at the altar of the murdered men, and while I live, I fight their cause."

"The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of means, and not of ends."

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

"I don't think I am a genius. I am only a plodder."

"The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed."