Florence Nightingale Quotes https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/florence_nightingale
English - Activist May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910

The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
Florence Nightingale

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
Florence Nightingale

The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
Florence Nightingale


Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/henry_cabot_lodge
American - Politician May 12, 1850 - November 9, 1924

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.
Henry Cabot Lodge

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate.
Henry Cabot Lodge

Our ideal is to make her ever stronger and better and finer, because in that way alone, as we believe, can she be of the greatest service to the world's peace and to the welfare of mankind.
Henry Cabot Lodge


Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jiddu_krishnamurti
Indian - Philosopher May 12, 1895 - February 17, 1986

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.
Jiddu Krishnamurti


Katharine Hepburn Quotes https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/katharine_hepburn
American - Actress May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
Katharine Hepburn

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
Katharine Hepburn

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.
Katharine Hepburn


George Carlin Quotes https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/george_carlin
American - Comedian May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008

Electricity is really just organized lightning.
George Carlin

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.
George Carlin

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin