A nurse is to maintain the air within the room as fresh as the air without, without lowering the temperature.

Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.

Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

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

Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.

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

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

I 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.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has.

A lack of restful sleep disrupts the body's innate balance, weakens our immune system, and speeds up the aging process.

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera.

You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals.

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.