The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.
Florence NightingaleA woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties', high-sounding words, which, for the most part, are but bad habits (which she has not the courage to enfranchise herself from, the strength to break through), forbid it.
Florence NightingaleUnnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.
Florence NightingaleThe great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act.
Florence Nightingale