Favorite Quotes

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What's your favorite quote to keep you motivated during this long and stressful journey called "nursing school"?

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Cardiac, ICU.

If God brought me to it, he'll bring me through it.....

and thus far, he has gone above and beyond, I'm outta here in December!

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Specializes in ER.

this is my all time favorite.. well its more like a poem but it gets me through when i am feeling down...

you will be mentally stressed.

you will be emotionally challenged. you will learn how to work together.

you will learn to work alone.

you will learn when to speak.

you will learn when to be silent.

you will learn when to lead.

you will learn when to follow.

you will be constructively criticized.

you will be praised.

you will shed a few tears.

you will share in each other's laughter.

you will learn the need to help eachother.

you will learn to help yourself.

you will learn to be part of a group.

you will learn to be yourself--an individual.

you will learn responsibility.

you will learn disipline.

you will learn these things because

someday someone's life will depend

on you.

you are a nursing student

you will graduate------

you will be,

in all it's wonder and glory,

a nurse. :nurse:

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in order to be successful your desire to be successful should be greater than your fear of failure.

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Specializes in ICU, SDU, OR, RR, Ortho, Hospice RN.

LOL

I think I can I think I can I know I can I know I can!!!! :)

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Although I must say, I really like Sabby's.....lol

....My favorite quotes are in my signature.

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"whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. begin it now."

[color=#0011ff]johann wolfgang von goethe (although there has been speculation as to who actually said it)

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Specializes in ICU.

Denial. It's not just a river in Egypt. It's a freaking ocean! -- Grey's Anatomy

Witty but has seriousness in it. The first that came to mind among my fave quotes.

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"just keep swimming, swimming, swimming" (Dory from finding Nemo)

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"if you fail, your out of the family" - homer simpson

and the "just keep swimming" line...thought i was the only one :)

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I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier...I will survive this battle...

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"just keep swimming, swimming, swimming" (Dory from finding Nemo)

I used to repeat that too myself over and over while on the stairmaster at the gym when I wanted to give up.

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