Nurse’s Day

Share these inspirational Nurses Day quotes to show appreciation for our frontline heroes!

Not only on May 12th but every day, we must thank all nurses in the world for their work and dedication in such difficult times. Here are some phrases and messages to help you express your love and appreciation for these pandemic frontline workers.

50+ Phrases to honor our frontline heroes: Nurses!

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or accepted any excuses. -Florence Nightingale

A nurse will always give us hope, an angel with a stethoscope – Carrie Latet

God appoints our graces to be nourished Sometimes I inspire my patients; more often they inspire me.

Difficulties often prepare people for an extraordinary destiny. —CS Luis

Nurses: Strong enough to tolerate anything and sensitive enough to understand anyone.

Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, serve, or help. —Christina Feist-Heilmeier, RN

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. —Mahatma Gandhi

When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.

We often underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of affection; All of this has the potential to change a life. —Leo Buscaglia

Nurses are heroes who provide comfort, compassion, and care without a prescription.

When you feel like giving up, remember why you started.

Nurses are always there when the last breath is taken, but also when the first one is raised. While it is more pleasant to celebrate birth, it is just as important as comforting death. —Christine Bell

Take care of one… that’s love. Take care of hundreds… that’s nursing.

When I think of all the patients and their loved ones I’ve worked with over the years, I know that most of them don’t remember me, and I don’t remember them. But I know that I gave a little piece of myself to each of them and they to me, and these threads make up the tapestry that is my nursing career. —Donna Wilk Cardillo

Every day may not be wonderful, but there is something wonderful about every day.

May your uniform be comfortable, your coffee strong and your Monday short.

Bamboo that bends is stronger than oak that resists. —Japanese proverb

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. —Charles Dickens

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. —William Shakespeare

Your work will fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. -Steve Jobs

It’s not how much you do, but how much love you put into doing. -Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The nurse’s character is as important as the knowledge she possesses. —Carolyn Jarvis

To know that even a life breathed more easily because of you; that’s being successful. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be the nurse you wish you had as a patient.

Not all angels have wings… some have lab coats.

It’s a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together.

A good nurse’s constant attention is as important as a surgeon’s major operation – Dag Hammarskjold

Caring is the essence of nursing – Jean Watson

Nurses are the beating heart of our medical system. —Barack Obama

When a person decides to be a nurse, he makes the most important decision of his life. She chooses to dedicate herself to the care of others. — Margaret Harvey

Doctors may be mapping the war, but it’s the nurses who make the conflict bearable. — Jodi Picoult

Never give up on anyone. Miracles happen every day. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the hearts, minds, souls and bodies of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

Doing what no one else will do, in a way no one else can, despite everything we’ve been through; that’s being a nurse. — Rawsi Williams

Where there is love, there is life. – Mahatma Gandhi

And what nursing has to do in both cases is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act on him. -Florence Nightingale

Knowing is better than imagining, waking up is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, is better than never trying. – Grey’s Anatomy

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

Caring for others, taking the risk of feeling and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. -Harold Kushner

We live life with what we get, but we mark life with what we give. — Winston Churchill

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi

Never doubt that a small group of serious and committed people can change the world, in fact it is the only thing that has ever changed. — Margaret Mead

A nurse is compassion in uniform. – Lexie Saige

From care comes courage. – Lao Tzu

Where the world’s needs and its talents intersect, there is your calling – Aristotle

Kindness can turn someone’s dark moment into a flash of light. You will never know how important your care is. Make a difference to others today. – Amy Leigh Mercure

Nursing encompasses an art, a humanistic orientation, a feeling of the individual’s worth and an intuitive sense of ethics and appropriateness of the actions performed. — Myrtle Aydelotte

For patients, it is important to have the best. -Florence Nightingale

As hard as the days are, don’t forget why you became a nurse

Nurses are the heart of healthcare. — Donna Wilk Cardillo

There are only four types of people in the world. Those who were caregivers. Those who are currently caregivers. Those who will be caregivers and those who will need a caregiver. — Rosalyn Carter

Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. — Emory Austin

No act of kindness, however small, is wasted. — Aesop

Our fingerprints don’t disappear from the lives we touch. – Judy Blume

Kind words may be short and easy to say, but their echoes are endless. – Mother Teresa

It is not enough to be compassionate – you must act. — The Dalai Lama

Do what you can, with what you have, wherever you are. – Theodore Roosevelt

We won’t always know which lives we improve by being careful, because actions can sometimes have unforeseen ramifications. The important thing is that you care and act. — Charlotte Lunsford

Save a life and you will be a hero, save a hundred lives and you will be a nurse.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its problems; empties today of its strengths. —Corrie Ten Boom

As nurses we know suffering. We are fully aware of how precious each moment of life is. – Patricia Bratianu

Every time you smile at someone, it is an act of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. – Mother Teresa

A nurse will always give us hope – an angel with a stethoscope. — Terri Guillemets

What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jane Goodall

Caring is the essence of nursing. — Jean Watson

Being a nurse means holding back all your own tears and starting to put smiles on people’s faces. — Dana Basem