My Favorite Nursing Quotes

"I attribute my success to this; I never gave nor took any excuse."—Florence Nightingale 

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring; all of which have the potential to turn a life around." —Leo Buscaglia

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”– John Ruskin, social thinker

“Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.” – Dag Hammarskjold, diplomat

“Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.”             – Val Saintsbury

“To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through; that is to be a nurse.” – Rawsi Williams