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Florence Nightingale Quotes

1820–1910 England

Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was a British nurse, a pioneer of modern nursing, and a noted statistician.

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Also known as: Nightingale, Florence

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Give us back our suffering, we cry to Heaven in our hearts — suffering rather than indifferentism; for out of nothing comes nothing. But out of suffering may come the cure. Better have pain than paralysis!

Cassandra (1860)

In looking round we are struck with the power of the organisations we see, not with their want of power. Now and then, it is true, we are conscious that there is an inferior organisation, but, in general, just the contrary.

Cassandra (1860)

Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness toward anyone.

Misattributed

The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the art of statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Florence Nightingale (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.