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Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.
Sep 30, 2025
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.
The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.
The nurses were all angels in my eyes.
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 going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse.
Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.
You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome.
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.
As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.
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.
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.
Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.
Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell.
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
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 what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
Leave people better than you found them.
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.
He who plants kindness gathers love.
How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken.
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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