I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. – Florence Nightingale     So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself. – Florence Nightingale     I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. – Florence Nightingale     Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better. – Florence Nightingale     She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have…

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” ― Sir Francis Bacon     “If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” ― Francis Bacon     “Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.” ― Francis Bacon     “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” ― Francis Bacon     “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.…

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi     “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it…