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

Quote by Florence Nightingale

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I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm...

I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm...

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His...

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make...

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make...

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no...

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no...

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

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

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

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

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a...

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

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

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

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice...

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice...

She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical...

She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical...

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed...

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed...

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will...

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.