There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain.

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.

Certainly, I approve of political opinions, but there are people who do not know where to stop.

The rhythm of fraught footsteps and fervent heartbeat orchestrated a symphony of anticipation and dread.

There's a lot of randomness in the decisions that people make.

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

How can you say when you're attracted to something? It's not easy to articulate my tastes.

Often faith isn't hoping that good times are coming; it's trying to see that the good times are here.

The sea is greater than us - it has its rhythm, its art. It comes with our earliest memory, of respiration, breathing in and out.

My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen.

It is wise to be sure, but otherwise to be too sure.

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.