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Quotes About Nurturing

From the hour when Gabriel saluted her, the little girl in Nazareth, she had had to seek for Him through faith: to believe that he was in her; to believe that this little child whom she rocked to sleep was God; that it was God whom she taught to walk, to speak, to hold a spoon.
~ Caryll Houselander
If you leave a thought, a chance word, a phrase of music, in your mind, growing and cherished for its proper reason, you will have the wisdom or peace or strength that was hidden in that seed.
~ Caryll Houselander
İnsan yaÅŸam? kad?n?n göÄŸüsünden doÄŸar, Onun dudaklar?ndan öÄŸrenirsiniz söylediÄŸiniz ilk küçük sözcükleri, İlk gözya??n?z? da silen odur; Son saatinde, erkekler çekinirken küçük düÅŸmekten Kendilerine önderlik edene.
~ George Gordon Byron
As we read on a daily basis, growing in our skill in Bible reading, the rhythm of a life lived deeply in God's Word will become as nurturing as our daily meals, as spiritually strengthening as daily exercise, and as emotionally satisfying as a good-morning kiss from a spouse. It takes discipline, but Bible reading can come to be a discipline of delight if we open our hearts and lives to it.
~ George H. Guthrie
Many women get married to practice taking care of a baby before having one of their own.
~ George Hammond
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.
~ George Herbert Palmer
The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.
~ George Herbert Walker Bush
Aspirin is so good for roses. Drachma pieces for the chrysanthemums, aspirin for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.
~ Gerald Durrell
I believe that all children should be surrounded by books and animals.
~ Gerald Durrell
adult life is full of hardship, childhood should be free of it.
~ Geraldine Brooks
There is none, In all this cold and hollow world, no fount Of deep strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart.
~ Felicia D. Hemans
There are three books my daughter felt were the most important influences in her life: the Bible, her mother's cookbook, and her father's checkbook.
~ Joyce Mattingly
To become a father is not hard, to be a father is, however.
~ Wilhelm Busch
A mother is a person who if she is not there when you get home from school you wouldn't know how to get your dinner, and you wouldn't feel like eating it anyway.
~ Anonymous
I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.
~ Alice Potter
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
~ Sophia Loren
Over my slumber your loving watch keep - Rock me to sleep, mother; rock me to sleep.
~ ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN
Like plowing, housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfast together if somebody didn't remember to buy eggs, milk, or muffins. Housework maintains an orderly setting in which family life can flourish.
~ Letty Cottin Pogrebin
A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born.
~ Iyanla Vanzant
To soften the ire of the pressure groups that were hammering He-Man, Filmation enlisted consultants to ensure that our female lead was appropriately maternal, nurturing and non threatening to male authority figures.They also decided that while the male characters on the show could use swords or arrows or punch the bad guys, our female lead was not free to do the same.
~ J Michael Straczynski
Parents always feel the pride, and the responsibility.
~ J.D. Robb
Now that I'm a mother I understand being one means the most important thing in the world is keeping your child safe, well, happy.
~ J.D. Robb
Often when a parent loses herself-or himself-in the day-to-day responsibilities and demands of raising children, they become a less effective, and less loving parent than they might be.
~ J.D. Robb
Un bambino ha bisogno del grembo materno per venire al mondo. Una volta che ha lasciato il grembo, la madre come datrice di vita è una forza esaurita, come il padre. Da quel momento in poi il bambino ha bisogno di amore e di cure che possono venire da un uomo come da una donna.
~ J.M. Coetzee