Celebrating Nurses Month this May!

We are sharing a collection of a few of our favorites quotes- keep doing amazing work nurses! 

 

“Nurses are a unique kind. They have this insatiable need to care for others, which is both their greatest strength and fatal flaw.” —Jean Watson, American nurse theorist and nursing professor

 

“A nurse is one who opens the eyes of a newborn and gently closes the eyes of a dying man. It is indeed a high blessing to be the first and last to witness the beginning and end of life.” —Unknown

 

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

 

“I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”  Art Williams 

 

“It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into doing.” Mother Teresa 

 

“Our job as nurses is to cushion the sorrow and celebrate the job, every day, while we are ‘just doing our jobs.’” Christine Belle

 

“If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For passion will lead you right into your purpose.” Bishop T.D. Jakes, evangelist

 

“Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.” Charles Dickens

 

“Being a nurse means to hold all your own tears and start drawing smiles on people’s faces.” Dana Basem

 

“Let us never consider ourselves finished, nurses… we must be learning all of our lives.”  Florence Nightingale

 

““If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” John Maxwell

 

“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill

 

“Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter’s or sculptor’s work.” Florence Nightingale

 

“Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.”  Aristotle

 

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia

 

 “Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.” Florence Nightingale

 

“As a nurse we have the opportunity to heal the mind, soul, heart, and body of our patients. They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

 

Thank you nurses for all that you do!! Happy Nurses Month!