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Florence Nightingale, a British nurse and statistician, is hailed as the founder of modern nursing. She was born on May 12, 1820, and died on August 13, 1910. Nightingale gained fame for her nursing work during the Crimean War, where she improved the conditions of military hospitals.

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Famous Florence Nightingale Quotes

“Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.”

Men Passion Jesus Christ Conditions He Man Jesus Christ Slave Mere Raised Ministers

Book:Florence Nightingale's spiritual journey: biblical annotations, sermons and journal notes

Source: Florence Nightingale's spiritual journey: biblical annotations, sermons and journal notes

“I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. ... for years and years I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning.”

Men Years Remember Death Used Watches Morning Sick Sick Man

Book:Florence Nightingale's Theology: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

Source: Florence Nightingale's Theology: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

“I was very limited as a women. Getting the men in the military to see that the medical facilities were unhealthy was very difficult, along with many other things such as getting a good education and also finding a good career.”

Men Difficult Careers Military He Man Findings Medical Facility Unhealthy Good Education

Author:Florence Nightingale

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

Men Fighting Causes Peace Military Altars Ubuntu

Book:Florence Nightingale: Letters from the Crimea

Source: Florence Nightingale: Letters from the Crimea

“Religious men are and must be heretics now- for we must not pray, except in a "form" of words, made beforehand- or think of God but with a prearranged idea.”

Thinking Men Made Ideas Form Religion Religious Praying Heretic

Book:The cause

Source: The cause

“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.”

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Author:Florence Nightingale

“Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female, as possible. For, mark you, the women have made no improvement they have only tried to be "men" and they have only succeeded in being third-rate men.”

Men Made Wish Female Doctors Thirds Mark Males Rate Improvement Be A Man Nursing Joining

Book:Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale: Selected Letters

Source: Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale: Selected Letters

“I can stand out the war with any man.”

Men I Can War Standing Out

Book:Florence Nightingale: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

Source: Florence Nightingale: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

“Sublime in the highest style of intellectual beauty, intellect without effort, without suffering... not a feature is correct – but the whole effect is more expressive of spiritual grandeur than anything I could have imagined. It makes the impression upon one that thousands of voices do, uniting in one unanimous simultaneous feeling of enthusiasm or emotion, which is said to overcome the strongest man.”

Source: Florence Nightingale on Mysticism and Eastern Religions: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale