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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Did Form God His Me Say Service Spoke Take Voice

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

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Anything Better Discontented Never None Reach Were Who World Would

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Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day. If her face, too, so much the better.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Be Careful Better Careful Day Every Face Frequently Hands Her Much Nurse Ought Too Very Wash

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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

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Topics: Entirely Lazy Make Martyr More Narrow Rather Sacrifices Selfish Themselves Vain

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Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have no time in the day to themselves.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Because Day Early Enough Get Late Long More No Time People Rarely Sit Themselves Time Up Why

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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Among Elements Good Health Laws Little Nursing Obtain Reality Same Sick Understood Very Well

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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Back Death Development Every Gifts Her His Peculiar Put Sacrifice Who World

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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: About Any Anything Behind Distance Doing Door Grateful Having He Him Knowing Many Never None Nor Official Politeness Prefer Servants Speak Them Things Why Without

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Do not meet or overtake a patient who is moving about in order to speak to him or to give him any message or letter. You might just as well give him a box on the ear. I have seen a patient fall flat on the ground who was standing when his nurse came into the room.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: About Any Box Came Ear Fall Flat Give Ground Him His Just Letter Meet Message Might Moving Nurse Order Overtake Patient Room Seen Speak Standing Well Who You

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I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.

~Florence Nightingale

Topics: Among Bed English Excited Farm Lived More Passions Same Slept Than Woman Women

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Activist

Born: May 12th, 1820

Died: August 13th, 1910

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