Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it.

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.

A bird is born knowing how to fly, but has to learn to conquer the skies.

If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die

The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.

There's a lot of disorder that comes along with wanting to know everything and wanting to try everything and wanting to experience everything, but there's a lot of knowledge that comes out of it too.

Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential.

To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble.

If I took fear out of the equation, what would I change about how I spend my days?

Baseball means Spring's Here. Football means Winter's Coming.

A few people have said I should let you win

Within you is the kingdom of serenity that can create all the prosperity you could ever want.