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

Little as we know about the way in which we are affected by form, by color, and light, we do know this, that they have an actual physical effect.

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.

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

Never give nor take an excuse.

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.

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.