Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.

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.

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

Learning is a life time journey that opens flood gates of opportunities.

Is it sad to fancy David Tennant when you're dead?

You look for stars. You look for the makeup of artists who can have long lasting careers and who could be headliners.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them.

When people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always.

Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.