Florence Nightingale

"I stand before God, and all that I am I owe to him."

"A woman is dependent on another. But she is not therefore obliged to love that other."

"Statistics are the most powerful weapon we have against uncertainty."

"Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better."

"God is in the details."

"The consciousness of having done one's best is a powerful support through a toilsome life."

"I have constantly thought that the true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God."

"Every absurdity has a champion to defend it."

"Nursing is an art and a science; but the medicine of the twentieth century will not be able to take that art away from nursing."

"It is not at all necessary to change friends if you understand that friends change."

"The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of the poor."

"Do you know what it is to die? Not to die in body but to die in spirit?"

"The private homes are turned into dark chambers and the sick room into a torture-chamber."

"Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil."

"What is to be done with a nation that is not civilized? Civilize it."

"I stand before God and I am nothing, I do nothing. God does all."

"The true question is not whether a woman has creative genius, but whether she will be allowed to use it."

"To God I commit myself to keep my honor always clear."

"Cleanliness is not next to godliness, it is part of godliness."

"The true foundation is a love for the work."

"I think one cannot live without some form of religion."

"To every ward a nurse should be devoted."

"Every moment wasted on despair is a moment not spent on progress."

"Faith is not something to talk about, it is something to do."

"The real question is, will you come and join in the work?"

"One makes oneself such a slave to an institution."

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

"God gave us free will. He cannot compel a human being to do anything."

"Nothing can ever be a substitute for a word in due season."

"The very essence of a successful life is truthfulness."