Favorite Motivational Quote

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Some days are tougher to get through than others. When a thermos of coffee won't do the trick, sometimes remembering a motivational quote and keeping it at the front of your mind helps! Provide your favorite motivational quote for this National Nurses Week contest and you'll be entered to win a $250 amazon.com gift card!

Winner will be announced May 16, 2017

UPDATE: May 19, 2017

The winner of the 2017 National Nurses Week Favorite Motivational Quote was from user JadedCPN whose favorite quote was:

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

I apply this to my professional as well as my personal life.

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This too shall pass. Might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightengale

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May the bridges I burn light the way. >>>Author unknown

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Ambulatory Care, Military.

A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor-FDR

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Another fav of mine:

Max Ehrmann's "Desiderata"

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

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Another fav:

The Serenity Prayer

God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,

the courage to change the things we can,

and the wisdom to know the difference.

Author Unknown (AA)

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On particularly rough days, when I am sure I cannot endure a moment longer, I like to remind myself that my track record on getting through the bad days so far is 100%, and that's pretty good...

~Unknown

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Teamwork makes the dream work!

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Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

"After awhile you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security.....You learn to accept your defeats with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child....After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong and you really do have worth and you learn and you learn..." Veronica Shorffstall

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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"Change the world one life at a time; and let the first life be yours." ~ADRA Project H.E.A.L.

(More than a decade ago, I served as a RN Community Motivator/Project Health Specialist in an international organization project-- developing communities and reaching out to the different unserved and underserved ethnic tribes of critical or remote areas in a third world country... This quotation always reminds me of how our team succeeded. It makes me smile when I'm reminded of how I made it through and still continue loving the calling of a "Nurse".

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"Love until it hurts."

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." ~Mother Teresa

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