Florence Nightingale Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Florence Nightingale quotes, Florence Nightingale sayings, and Florence Nightingale proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts. Florence Nightingale
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. Florence Nightingale
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe. Florence Nightingale
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. Florence Nightingale
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. Florence Nightingale
Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses. We must be learning all of our lives. Florence Nightingale
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this – 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. Florence Nightingale
Unless we are making progress in our nursing every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. Florence Nightingale
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said the finest of Fine Arts. Florence Nightingale
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe. Florence Nightingale
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended at all even to take in the whole sick population. Florence Nightingale
Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it. Florence Nightingale
Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives. 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
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe. Florence Nightingale
Better to have pain than paralysis. Florence Nightingale
A global flu pandemic would kill between seven million and 200 million, depending on which scientist or medical journal you read. Florence Nightingale
It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. Florence Nightingale
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this—"devoted and obedient." This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman. Florence Nightingale
I attribute my success to this—I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale
I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death...For years and years, I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning. Florence Nightingale
And what nursing has to do in either case is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him. Florence Nightingale
For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make. Florence Nightingale
I attribute my success to this; I never gave nor took any excuse. Florence Nightingale