Elizabeth Kenny Born : September 20, 1880 Died : November 30, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Elizabeth Kenny It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Elizabeth Kenny being-strong wisdom life He who angers you conquers you. Elizabeth Kenny anger inspirational life Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route. Elizabeth Kenny truth mind long I was wholly unprepared for the extraordinary attitude of the medical world in its readiness to condemn anything that smacked of reform or that ran contrary to approved methods of practice. Elizabeth Kenny community practice attitude Panic plays no part in the training of a nurse. Elizabeth Kenny nursing nurse play As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you. Elizabeth Kenny anger girl mother A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters - and the battle must go on. Elizabeth Kenny community dust honor His response was remarkable for its irrelevance, if for nothing else. Elizabeth Kenny irrelevance remarkable community It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is that one fears to be thought of as an arrant braggart. Elizabeth Kenny redress community reason Memories do not always behave in an orderly way, but bloom, as it were, erratically. Elizabeth Kenny behave memories way My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint. Elizabeth Kenny mom wisdom mother He looked at the book, took my name, and consulted his records. Then he informed me I had been lost at sea and was dead. Under the circumstances, he could not possibly give me any money... Even the fact that he was dealing with someone who had been dead for several days failed to awaken interest in his official heart. Elizabeth Kenny sea heart book Fortunately, perhaps, I was completely ignorant of the orthodox theory of the disease polio-myelitis. Elizabeth Kenny ignorant disease community The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it. Elizabeth Kenny doctors may order If someone angers you, they control you. Elizabeth Kenny ifs I'd like to live every moment of my life, but not a moment after. Elizabeth Kenny live-every-moment moments The record of one's life must needs prove more interesting to him who writes it than to him who reads what has been written. Elizabeth Kenny writing art interesting O sleep, O gentle sleep, I thought gratefully, Nature's gentle nurse. Elizabeth Kenny community nurse sleep Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on thorugh by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route''. Elizabeth Kenny I play the Demonn myself-no puppets involved''. Elizabeth Kenny
