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

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Any Attribute Excuse Gave Never Success Took

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The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Affairs Daily Domestic Duty Greatest Grind Heroes Those Whilst Who World

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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 paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Ability Been Could Done Give God He Her His How If I Could Information Led Life My Life Nothing Ordinary Paths See Service Show Strange Tell Very Woman Would You

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Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.

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Topics: Against Best Humane Infection Management Patient Safeguard Wise

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

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Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God's law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Discipline Far Gift God Greatest Greatest Things Grow Law Life Life Is A Live Must Nothing Out Small Smallest Splendid Things While You Your

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The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Evidence Given How Importance Important Improvement Indicate Kind Lesson Most Neglect None Nurses Observe Practical Reverse Symptoms Teach The Most Important Them Which

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

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Actions Bring Distilled Feelings Ought Results Themselves Think Waste Which Words I Think

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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.

~Florence Nightingale

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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Beginning How However Itself Lose Matters Never Often Opportunity Practical Roots Small Urging Wonderful

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Activist

Born: May 12th, 1820

Died: August 13th, 1910

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