Occupation: Statistician Birth: May 12, 1820 Death: August 13, 1910
Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards..
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse..
Our first journey is to find that special place for us..
Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this rig….
A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place..
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm..
Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty..
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; for w….
Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful..
Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better..
For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are ….
If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed p….
Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed. The night is….
Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him..
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe..
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear..
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..
Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it..
I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates….
I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a ma….
Statistics is the most important science in the whole world: for upon it depends the practical application of every other science and of every art: ….