“Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?”

“Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.”

“The most important practical lesson than can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe.”

“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.”

“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.”

“I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.”

“Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.”