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Off the Chart
A Community for Nurses
Friends, Families & Co-Workers too!
We will fail
when we fail to try.
— Rosa Parks
Sometimes
you will never know
the value of a moment
until it becomes a memory.
— Dr. Suess
Happy Birthday America!
Where liberty dwells,
there is my country.
— Benjamin Franklin
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
— Helen Keller
Dads are
most ordinary men
turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers,
and singers of song.
— Pam Brown
You are never too old
to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.
— C.S. Lewis
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should
thank God such men lived.
— George S. Patton
You're braver
than you believe,
stronger than you seem, and smarter
than you think.
A.A. Milne
Believe you can
and you're halfway there.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Sometimes
you will never know
the value of a moment, until it becomes
a memory.
— Dr. Suess
Keep your face always toward the sunshine -
and shadows will fall behind you.
— Walt Whitman
A kind word
is like a spring day.
— Russian Proverb
Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss,
you'll land among the stars.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It's St. Patrick's Day weekend!
- let the shennigans begin!
( she-nan-i-gans — silly or high-spirited behavior/mischief )
We can't help
everyone, but
everyone can help
someone.
— Ronald Reagan
Helping people at their most vulnerable time is a privilege...
— author unknown
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
— Booker T. Washington
Love is something eternal;
the aspect may change,
but not the essence.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Never bend your head.
Always hold it high.
Look the world straight in the eye.
— Helen Keller
Attitude is the little thing
that makes a big difference.
— Winston Churchill
All labor that uplifts humanity
has dignity and importance
and should be undertaken
with painstaking excellence.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
The miracle is not
that we do this work,
but that we are happy to do it.
— Mother Teresa
New Year is the glittering light
to brighten the dream-lined pathway of the future.
— Munia Khan
Member Recognition
and Giveaways!
Welcome to our newest member Chris Ouderkirk!
Chris is an occupational therapist from Florida,
- it's great to have you with us Chris!
We all have memorable moments of patients we've cared for.
Tell us your favorite healthcare story
and earn a Storyteller badge!
(We strongly adhere to HIPAA guidelines
and respect patient confidentiality.)
They say things that are better than average are
"off-the-chart"
Share your favorite off-the-chart
funnies, recipes and stories too
via the "Chat with me!" link.
We look forward to hearing them!
No current giveaways, but stay tuned ...
Blessed is the season
which engages the whole world
in a conspiracy of love.
— Hamilton Wright Mabie
Don't let the fear of striking out
keep you from playing the game.
— Babe Ruth
We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.
— Winston Churchill
What lies behind you
and what lies in front of you,
pales in comparison
to what lies inside of you.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.
— Steve Jobs
Don't let yesterday
take up too much
of today.
— Will Rogers
Nothing is more important
than empathy for another
human being's suffering. Nothing.
Not career, not wealth,
not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going
to survive with dignity.
— Audrey Hepburn
When one door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see
the one which has opened for us.
— Helen Keller
Life is about
making an impact,
not making an income.
— Kevin Kruse
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires,
a touch that never hurts.
— Charles Dickens
Wherever the art
of Medicine is loved,
there is also
a love of Humanity.
— Hippocrates
One person caring
about another
represents
life's greatest value.
—Jim Rohn
Hope everyone
had a fabulous
4th of July!
One of the deep secrets
of life is that all
that is really worth doing is what we do for others.
Lewis Carol
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