Florence Nightingale

"Politics should be guided by the welfare of the people."

"The mind is the first thing that must be healed."

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

"To understand God's thoughts, we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose."

"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."

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

"The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God."

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

"I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results."

"To be a nurse means to have a calling, not merely an occupation."

"The very first requirement of a good nurse is that she must be clean or she will be the greatest curse to a hospital."

"Life is too short to spend it in a battle of words."

"The ultimate end of education is happiness."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself, and there I take my stand."

"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear."

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

"The human race must perforce prey upon itself, like all carnivorous races."

"To be a reformer, one must be strong."

"Knowledge is not power; it is potential power."

"Nursing is an art requiring an exclusive devotion, hard preparation, and a calling."

"I'm afraid that the blunt truth is that British men are not acquainted with the thought that women have minds."

"The true foundation of any nation is the moral and intellectual character of its individual citizens."

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

"I must have something to do with the suffering of the sick."

"The very first requirement is accuracy."

"A woman, if she has the brains, has twice as much to contend with as a man."

"I stand before you to say that I glory in the name of woman; nor have I ever, in the full sense of the word, pretended to be a man."

"One must not lose precious time in examining the faults of the past; one must work at the present."

"To do nothing is the most tiresome thing in the world."

"The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm, but should be conducive to recovery."