What quotations help you get through the day?

[wcbembe]

Hi everybody,

I'm starting my first hospital job and am in the training program right now. Since I started nursing school I've found myself collecting quotations that help me get through the day. For all you veteran (and new) nurses, I'm wondering what quotes help you focus, vent, relax, or whatever. Not necessarily looking for quotes specifically mentioning nursing, but instead about life in general.

Here are some I've collected so far:

"Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut." -- Unknown origin

"To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others." -- Albert Camus

"Don't let your limitations overshadow your talents." -- From a fortune cookie

"My life has no purpose. My life has no direction. No aim. No meaning. And yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?" -- Snoopy from "Peanuts"

Thanks!

Dave

[MrChicagoRN, RN]

That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger- Nietsche

[PediLove2147, BSN, RN]

"No matter what happens, never lose your sense of humor."

- What I Wish I Knew About Nursing

[wcbembe]

Thanks for all the great quotes. I especially liked this one:

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Hope to hear some more!

Dave

[canesdukegirl, BSN, RN]

"Accept the rain and watch your flower grow" -Norwood Cheek

[cdsga]

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Emerson

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Malachy McCourt/author

[CountyRat]

Thanks for all the great quotes. I especially liked this one:

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Hope to hear some more!

Dave

Here is a similiar bromide that I enjoy: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." – Winston Churchill

An unrelated quote for those of us who are sometimes unreasonably hard on ourselves: ]"You did what you knew how to do. And when you knew better, you did better." ]~ Maya Angelou

And finally, one of my favorites: "“For every complex problem there is an answer that is

clear,

simple,

and wrong.”

H. L. Mencken

[CountyRat]

This one is from me, on the occasion of my 61st birthday:

What I have Learned About Life, so far:

1. Life is hard

2. Nothing is free

3. Contrary to what you have been told, no one owes you anything

4. If you want your life to have meaning, you must do meaningful things

5. Happiness can only be achieved with effort (misery, however, comes naturally and with no effort at all)

6. Without God, nothing anyone has learned about life matters, not even a little

[smartypantsnurse, LPN]

"Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers." -annonymous

"Courage doesn't always have to roar, sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying "I will try again tomorrow."" -Mary Ann Radmacher

[shermrn]

"Some day a real rain is gonna come and wash all the s**t out of the streets."

I think it's from the movie Taxi Driver, the quote has been in my head for so long I've forgotten the exact source.

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

"This is not my circus. These are not my monkeys."

"It could always be worse...I could be on fire."

"Your desire must exceed your fear."

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

-Keep em' alive til 6:45

AN

-Pick and choose your battles

-Keep your head low and mouth shut

-You will go home at some point

-The bleeding will stop but poop never does

-The Lord is your strength

-Make yourself a priority