If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything. Florence Nightingale
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Elizabeth Fry said to be a servant of God required hard work. She herself worked very hard for the benefit of others. After she died, her husband said that if it were possible, he would have written a book about her life.

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