“Nurses are a unique kind. They have this insatiable need to care for others, which is both their greatest strength and fatal flaw.”

“Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.”

“Caring is the essence of nursing.”

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

“Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, to serve, or to help.”

“Nurses are there when the last breath is taken, and nurses are there when the first breath is taken. Although it is more enjoyable to celebrate the birth, it is just as important to comfort in death.”

“The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.”

“America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.”

“Nursing is one of the fine arts: I had almost said ‘the finest of fine arts.’”

“You treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win—no matter the outcome.”