The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.

Sometimes I inspire my patients; more often they inspire me.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.

Care for one, that's love. Care for all, that's nursing.