Inspirational Nurse Quotes

• There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain.

  Florence Nightingale

  Pain, Nursing, Looks

  Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald (2001). “Florence Nightingale: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale”, p.91, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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• Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Strength, Kindness

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• Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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  The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

  Clara Barton

  Nursing, Swings, Doors

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• 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

  Nursing, Years, Nurse

  "Florence Nightingale to her Nurses".

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• The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.

  Florence Nightingale

  Nursing, Light, Sick

  Florence Nightingale, Ramona Salotti (2003). “Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not”, p.48, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed.

  Florence Nightingale

  Nursing, Sick, Skins

  Florence Nightingale (1861). “Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes”, p.64

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• Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference.

  Brittney Wilson

  Jobs, Mean, Nursing

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• Leave people better than you found them.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Nursing, People, Forgiving Heart

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• He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

  Saint Basil

  Thankful, Kindness, Tree

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• Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

  Mason Cooley

  Inspirational, Compassion, Caregivers

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• He who plants kindness gathers love.

  Saint Basil

  Thankful, Kindness, Tree

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• The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.

  Carolyn Jarvis

  Knowledge, Character, Nursing

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• Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Hate, Nursing

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  The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.

  Florence Nightingale

  Nursing, Nurse, Important

  Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald (2004). “Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale”, p.122, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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• Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Motivational, Forgiveness, Wisdom

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• Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

  Florence Nightingale

  Art, Nursing, Nurse

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• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken.

  Myrtle Aydelotte

  Art, Taken, Nursing

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• The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.

  William Osler

  Nursing, Blessing, Nurse

  Aequanimitas, with Other Addresses 'Nurse and Patient'

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  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.

  Florence Nightingale

  Art, Nursing, Nurse

  Florence Nightingale, Lynn McDonald (2004). “Florence Nightingale on Public Health Care: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale”, p.291, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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• As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Heart, Nursing, Opportunity

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• The nurses were all angels in my eyes.

  Randy Castillo

  Eye, Angel, Nursing

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• You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome.

  Robin Williams

  Life, Philosophy, Nursing

  "Fictional character: Hunter Patch Adams". "Patch Adams", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.

  Warren Beatty

  Hate, Nursing, Nurse

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