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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
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
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
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