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Florence Nightingale Quotes

Florence Nightingale quotes

English Activist May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910

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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. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything. Florence Nightingale
Women never have a half-hour in all their lives (excepting before or after anybody is up in the house) that they can call their own, without fear of offending or of hurting someone. 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.' 1852 Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale quote: "I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took anyexcuse."
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took anyexcuse. Florence Nightingale
A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties', high-sounding words, which, for the most part, are but bad habits (which she has not the courage to enfranchise herself from, the strength to break through), forbid it. Florence Nightingale
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
Florence Nightingale quote: "To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for..."
To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale quote: "Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new..."
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale quote: "Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as..."
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe. Florence Nightingale
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
Florence Nightingale quote: "She said the object and color in the materials around us..."
She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel. Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale quote: "I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought..."
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. Florence Nightingale
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. Florence Nightingale
I am of certain convinced that 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
To be "in charge" is certainly not only to carry out the proper measures yourself but to see that every one else does so too; to see that no one either willfully or ignorantly thwarts or prevents such measures. It is neither to do everything yourself nor to appoint a number of people to each duty, but to ensure that each does that duty to which he is appointed. Florence Nightingale
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

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