“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” – Hippocrates
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” – William Osler
“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” – William Osler
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” – Benjamin Franklin
“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” – Paracelsus
“In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.” – Cicero
“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has.” – William Osler
“The greatest wealth is health.” – Virgil
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates
“The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it.” – Maimonides
“Medicine cures diseases, but only doctors can cure patients.” – Carl Jung
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” – Voltaire
“Health is not valued till sickness comes.” – Thomas Fuller
“The power of the doctor is the power of love and hope.” – Unknown
“Science and medicine are rooted in the spirit of inquiry and compassion.” – Deepak Chopra
“The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there.” – Molière
“Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.” – Ovid
“To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Doctors put a wall up between themselves and their patients; nurses broke it down.” – Jodi Picoult
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” – Proverbs 17:22
“In the sick room, ten cents’ worth of human understanding equals ten dollars’ worth of medical science.” – Martin H. Fischer
“Prevention is better than cure.” – Desiderius Erasmus
“Medicine is only for those who cannot imagine doing anything else.” – Unknown
“The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain, and to increase function.” – Dr. Joel J. Nobel
“Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.” – Hippocrates
“Doctors are the only profession that works to eliminate the need for their services.” – Unknown
“Time is generally the best doctor.” – Ovid
“Medicine is a science of experience.” – Paracelsus
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos
“Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.” – Anne Wilson Schaef
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet, and the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison
“The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life; the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.” – William J. Mayo
“Healing is an art. It takes time, it takes practice, and it takes love.” – Maza Dohta
“Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.” – Albert Schweitzer
“Observation, reason, and human understanding must replace indiscriminate treatment.” – Hippocrates
“Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust.” – Don Herold
“It is not how much we do – it is how much love we put into the doing.” – Mother Teresa
“The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.” – William Osler
“Compassion is the best medicine for the soul.” – Unknown
“Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.” – Karl Marx
“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami
“The great physician is he who inspires hope.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Doctors and nurses are heroes who wear compassion on their sleeves.” – Unknown
“A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn’t react with a mechanic, but a human being does.” – Rollo May
“Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Medicine is intention. Those who are proficient at it are teachers.” – Moshe Feldenkrais
“A good doctor’s comforting and reassuring words are sometimes more powerful than medicines.” – Unknown
“Doctors and nurses give their time, energy, and skill to save lives every day—it is the ultimate act of kindness.” – Unknown