Best Nursing Quotes

[Joe V]

I love to read great quotes that are related to nursing. One of the my favorite nursing quotes is:

Maya Angelou said:

"They may forget your name but they will never forget how you made them feel."

Please share your favorite nursing quotes that are either specifically related to nursing or that are relevant to nursing. Please site the author of the quote if known.

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[irishmama721]

"One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it." --Sidney Howard

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." --M. Kathleen Casey

"There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be." --Oprah Winfrey

"I am doing the best I can given what I have today." --Jillian Michaels

[Eringwen]

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded" Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Summers_Off]

Eringwen said:

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded" Ralph Waldo Emerson

WOW!, that brought a tear to my eye. :redbeathe

[RNforLongTime]

My favorite patients are SIR----Sedated, Intubated and Restrained!! Give me two(or 3) intubated patients on propofol drips and I'll show you a good night

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

"Nurses keep doctors from killing patients"

[martymoose, BSN, RN]

" I'm here to save your behind, not kiss it..."

"All bleeding stops, eventually......"

[AgentBeast, MSN, RN]

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

The courage to change the things I can

And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those physicians I had to kill

Because they were trying to kill my patients.

[bonestAx]

"I would really like to meet the guy that invented the call light. In a dark alley." -unknown.

[squirmals]

You have to pee...again?

[rainbowsandsunshine]

Showing up is half the battle.

Never be afraid to call for backup!

[Katillac, RN]

"We the unwilling

led by the unknowing

have done so much

for the ungrateful

for so long

with so little

that we are now expected

to do anything

with nothing."

Unknown

[Florence NightinFAIL, BSN, RN]

After a rough, on our feet, nutty night filled with sundowning - this gem:

"I wish I had an ativan spray" - Preceptor.

I wish I did too. Not only will my patients get a spray, but so will some managers, doctors, nurses and family members. I would even spray myself to calm down. It would have to be odorless so that I could do stealth sprays. It would also have to magically diffuse and work when sprayed on the phone.

AAAAAHHHHH.