Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table. Florence Nightingale More Quotes by Florence Nightingale More Quotes From Florence Nightingale [On Thomas Babington Macaulay:] He was a most disagreeable companion to my fancy ... His conversation was a procession of one. Florence Nightingale companion fancy conversation My family tried to educate me in the way they thought a young woman should be. But I wanted to learn about mathmatics. I must have gotten that from my father, he was a master of math and science, and I always liked that sort of thing, too. Of course my mother and father did not agree with me on becoming more educated in mathmatics, but I was persistent and eventualy they gave in and I was taught by a wonderful teacher. Florence Nightingale mother teacher father Bismarck was a large persian cat owned by Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale florence-nightingale cat bismarck Averages ... seduce us away from minute observation. Florence Nightingale data average science The only English patients I have ever known refuse tea, have been typhus cases; and the first sign of their getting better was their craving again for tea. Florence Nightingale nursing get-better tea The night is given to us to take breath, to pray, to drink deep at the fountain of power. Florence Nightingale drink praying night When shall we see a life full of steady enthusiasm, walking straight to its aim, flying home, as that bird is now, against the wind - with the calmness and the confidence of one who knows Florence Nightingale law home wind A nurse is to maintain the air within the room as fresh as the air without, without lowering the temperature. Florence Nightingale nursing air nurse Live you life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift - there is nothing small about it. Florence Nightingale I stand at the altar of the murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause. Florence Nightingale To be a fellow worker with God is the highest aspiration of which we can conceive man capable. Florence Nightingale Volumes are now being written and spoken about the effect of the mind on the body -- I wish more was thought of the effect of the body on the mind. Florence Nightingale What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about which they know nothing and think they know a great deal. Florence Nightingale Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection. Florence Nightingale You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results. 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 lose beginning roots opportunity Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God's law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it. Florence Nightingale gift you god life The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect. Florence Nightingale lesson teach improvement important God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say. Florence Nightingale me service voice god Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day. If her face, too, so much the better. Florence Nightingale face better day hands
