“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.”
"Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch."
- Florence Nightingale
Awareness
"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."
- Florence Nightingale
Belief
"I did not think of going to give myself a position, but for the sake of common humanity."
- Florence Nightingale
Compassion
"“Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.”"
- Florence Nightingale
Compassion
"The world is put back by the death of everyone who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality."
- Florence Nightingale
Personal Growth
"We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents, who have the primary responsibility for teaching their children principles. That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is."
- President M. Russell Ballard
Responsibility
"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."
- Unknown
Responsibility
"Life comes at a cost. Wouldn’t it be arrogant to die before you’ve repaid that debt?"
- Yuuji Kazami
Responsibility
"You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way."
- Junichirou Kagami
Responsibility
"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
- John F. Kennedy
Responsibility