1. “For the sick it is important to have the best.”
2. “Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.”
3. “Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.”
4. “Never giver nor take an excuse.”
5. “Women has nothing but her affections, — and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.”
6. “The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.”
7. “A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.”
8. “I do see the difference now between me and other men. When a disaster happens, I act and they make excuses.”
9. “How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.”
10. “Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.”
11. “There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain.”
12. “Nature alone cures… what nursing has to do … is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.”
13. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.”
14. “Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.”
15. “The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.”
