Florence Nightingale

Quotes

• “What the horrors of war are, no one can imagine — they are not wounds and blood and fever, spotted and low, or dysentery, chronic and acute, cold and heat and famine — they are intoxication, drunken brutality, demoralization and disorder on the part of the inferior, jealousies, meanness, indifference, selfish brutality on the part of the superior.”

• “Asceticism is the trifling of an enthusiast with his power, a puerile coquetting with his selfishness or his vanity, in the absence of any sufficiently great object to employ the first or overcome the last.”

• “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.”

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

• “Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it.”

Books by Florence Nightingale in order

Books by Florence Nightingale in the order they were published, from Institution of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine (1851) to Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution (2005).

1. 1Institution of Kaiserswerth on the RhineInstitution of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine1851
2. 2Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and HospiNotes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army1858
3. 3A Contribution to the Sanitary History of the British Army DA Contribution to the Sanitary History of the British Army During the Late War with Russia1859
4. 4Notes on HospitalsNotes on Hospitals1859
5. 5Notes on NursingNotes on Nursing1859
6. 6Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and HospitalDirections for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital1861
7. 7Notes on Nursing for the Labouring ClassesNotes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes1861
8. 8Army Sanitary Administration and Its Reform Under the Late LArmy Sanitary Administration and Its Reform Under the Late Lord Herbert1862
9. 9Observations on the Evidence Contained in the Stational RepoObservations on the Evidence Contained in the Stational Reports Submitted to Her by the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India1863
10. 10Introductory Notes on Lying-in InstitutionsIntroductory Notes on Lying-in Institutions1871
11. 11Florence Nightingale's Indian LettersFlorence Nightingale's Indian Letters1937
12. 12The Art of NursingThe Art of Nursing1946
13. 13Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale1975
14. 14CassandraCassandra1979
15. 15Cassandra and Other Selections from Suggestions for ThoughtCassandra and Other Selections from Suggestions for Thought1981
16. 16Training of Nurses and Nursing the SickTraining of Nurses and Nursing the Sick1981
17. 17I Have Done My DutyI Have Done My Duty1987
18. 18Letters from EgyptLetters from Egypt1987
19. 19Ever Yours, Florence NightingaleEver Yours, Florence Nightingale1989
20. 20Suggestions for ThoughtSuggestions for Thought1994
21. 21Florence Nightingale in Egypt and GreeceFlorence Nightingale in Egypt and Greece1996
22. 22The Collected Works of Florence NightingaleThe Collected Works of Florence Nightingale2001
23. 23Florence Nightingale's European TravelsFlorence Nightingale's European Travels2004
24. 24Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and ProstFlorence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution2005