First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

You can only analyze the data you have. Be strategic about what to gather and how to store it

Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

The next Christ will perhaps be a female Christ.

That Religion is not devotion, but work and suffering for the love of God; this is the true doctrine of Mystics.

We set the treatment of bodies so high above the treatment of souls, that the physician occupies a higher place in society than the school-master.

Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.

Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

Unnecessary noise is the cruelest abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.