Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work. — Florence Nightingale
Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling for the value of the individual, and an intuitive sense of ethics, and of the appropriateness of action taken. — Myrtle Aydelotte
Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured and the dying. — Steve Lopez
Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards. — Florence Nightingale
The inspiration of a noble cause enables men to do things they did not dream themselves capable of before — Joshua Chamberlain
The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses. — Carolyn Jarvis
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. — Dag Hammarskjold
The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration. — Cornel West
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. — William Arthur Ward
We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances. — Rachel Corrie
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward
Short Inspirational Nursing Quotes
The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation. — Comer Cotrell
A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. — Brad Henry
By far for me the most important thing is inspiration. — Jay-Z
Good art inspires; Good design motivates. — Otl Aicher
To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair. — Jason Silva
Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to. — Jim Stynes
Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! — Thomas A. Edison
One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration — Jim Rohn
Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough. — Gurbaksh Chahal
Inspirational Nursing Image Quotes
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch. — Leo Buscaglia
I knew when I met you an adventure is going to happen.
Great Nursing Quotes
It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. — Clara Barton
The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me. — Clara Barton
The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe. — Florence Nightingale
Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. — Tony Robbins
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on. — Elbert Hubbard
Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home. — David Mixner
Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas. — Sayings
Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it's awkward. When it's uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions. — Jamie Tworkowski
Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light... — Woodrow Wilson
Inspirational Education Quotes
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way. — Howard Gardner
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. — John Glenn
You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having. — Frank Lloyd Wright
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. — Voltaire
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. — John Dewey
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile. — Mark Twain
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. — Jane Goodall
Inspirational Art Quotes
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. — Bruce Lee
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. — Pablo Picasso
I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work. — Augusta Savage
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. — Vincent Van Gogh
Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. — Kathleen Norris
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee
Breast Cancer Inspirational Quotes
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen
When life kicks you, let it kick you forward. — Kay Yow
Getting cancer can become the beginning of living. The search for one's own being, the discovery of the life one needs to live, can be one of the strongest weapons against disease. — Lawrence LeShan
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life. — Olivia Newton-John
Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans. — Edie Falco
The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. — Vladimir Lenin
Early detection is key," she said. "And if I hadn't found my lump early, I don't know what would have been. I am still here and I want to encourage women to do that on a regular basis. — Olivia Newton-John
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell. — Lance Armstrong
QUOTES BOUQUET: You Have To Fight Through Some Bad Days To Earn The Best Days Of Your Life — Adnan
Inspirational Cancer Quotes
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success. — Will Smith
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can. — Grete Waitz
It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright. — Robin Roberts
The human race will be the cancer of the planet. — Julian Huxley
"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is." — Joseph Campbell
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. — Katherine Paterson
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. — Bob Marley
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
If you want to change the world, start with yourself. — Mahatma Gandhi
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. — Henry David Thoreau
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — Mother Teresa
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live. — Dalai Lama
Christian Inspirational Quotes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours. — Ray Comfort
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. — Reinhard Bonnke
Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials. — Smith Wigglesworth
Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody. — Dwight L. Moody
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? — David Livingstone
We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right. — Ravi Zacharias
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation. — Clare of Assisi
If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest. — Corrie Ten Boom
Inspirational Work Quotes
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does. — Martin Luther
Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person. — Abdul Kalam
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. — Frank Zappa
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — Bill Gates
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. — Nora Roberts
We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds. — Lal Bahadur Shastri
When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. — Michelle Obama
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton
Nursing School Quotes
For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make. — Florence Nightingale
Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient. — Confucius
My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more. — Lois Capps
I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others. — Debby Ryan
Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts. — Florence Nightingale
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship. — Saint Basil
When I was contemplating medical school after graduating from Knox, several people suggested that nursing was a more suitable profession for women. My own mother discouraged me from becoming a doctor. But this is not why I became a nurse instead! — Mary Pope Osborne
We are talking about one of the greatest threats of all. But people can stand up to the school nurse; you can stand up to the teacher; you can stand up to the principal; you can stand up to them with the facts and the right books. — Michael Savage
Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing. — Michael N. Castle
I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage. — Kate Adie
Self Inspirational Quotes
Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. — Sigmund Freud
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin. — Halle Berry
The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do. This self-denial is the unique way to usher in God's kingdom and to realize the kingdom life. — Witness Lee
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. — Norman Vincent Peale
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. — Rabindranath Tagore
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. — Kahlil Gibran
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar
Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it. — Florence Nightingale
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion. — Florence Nightingale
If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don't nurse your bruises. Get up, and light-heartedly, courageously, good-temperedly, get ready for the next encounter. — Emily Post
I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth's gravitational pull has become since 1990. — Dave Barry
Nursing is great for so many reasons, but there is one reason that means more than any poll results, amount of money, or job security: Nurses make a difference. — Brittney Wilson
I found myself wondering, what would it be like to have a strange woman living in your home, nursing your child? My resulting research into the private lives of women in the 18th and 19th centuries inspired me and provided the backbone for [Lady of Milkweed Manor] novel. — Julie Klassen
You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome. — Robin Williams
The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed. — Florence Nightingale
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman. — Florence Nightingale
Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom. — Boyle Roche
Leave people better than you found them. — Marvin J. Ashton
In the germ, when the first trace of life begins to stir, music is the nurse of the soul; it murmurs in the ear, and the child sleeps; the tones are companions of his dreams- they are the world in which he lives — Bettina Skrzypczak
I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience? — Mother Teresa
My ideas are a curse.
They spring from a radical discontent
with the awful order of things.
I play clown. I play carpenter. I play nurse.
I play witch. — Anne Sexton
Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. — Thomas Carlyle
The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light. — Florence Nightingale
There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain. — Florence Nightingale
hough I was creative, I also liked math and science. At Knox College, I studied creative writing and earned a degree in chemistry, thinking I would attend medical school. Ultimately, I decided that a career in nursing would allow more time for pursuing other creative interests. While I worked as an RN, I wrote stories inspired by my patients, designed t-shirts, and made hand-painted sandals. — Mary Pope Osborne
Everyone has left me
except my muse,
that good nurse.
She stays in my hand,
a mild white mouse. — Anne Sexton
Just be good and kind to your children. Not only are they the future of the world, they're the ones who can sign you into the nursing home. — Dennis Miller
I love her because she has become something more to me. She become my life. — Melissa de la Cruz
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