Quotes About Nurturing

A mother is someone who dreams great dreams for you, but then she lets you chase the dreams you have for yourself and loves you just the same.

Some parents could do more for their children by not doing so much for them

Many parents are finding out that a pat on the back helps develop character - if given often enough, early enough, and low enough

GINGER: The hand that rocks the craddle rules the world. BONGI: That's a slick little maxim — while the hand's rocking the craddle it won't be rocking the boat.

I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

The love a boy receives from his mother will set the tone for his future relationships.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The child should live in an environment of beauty.

Breastfeeding has been one of the best experiences of my life. I love it! I can't stop! I think I'm going to breastfeed him until he goes to college! I'm hooked!

I'd be the best mum ever. I would. I've got great training from my mum.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.

What I could offer Lisa was not the conventional haven of maternal love and concern but my mind and my energy. If she had not acquired these genetically then I was quite prepared to show her how to think and act. I was no good at kissing away tears or telling bedtime stories – any mother can do that: my uses were potentially far more significant.

All artists are mothers. To be an artist is to be a creator, whether of a symphony or a supper or a painting or a person. Motherhood is the primary art, the art of creating (procreating) people.

When love takes you by the hand and leaves you better, that is home. That's the place to stake your claim and build your life.

C]hildren. . . like all living things, grow best in the loosened soil of relaxed oversight.

Okay, I can do it; I'll fix dinner for both of us. And I'll show her how so she can do it in the future if she wants. She'll probably want to, once I show her how; as near as I can make out, most women, even young ones like her, like to cook: it's an instinct.

A man needs many things in his life to make it bearable. A good woman. Sons and daughters. Comradeship. Warmth. Food and shelter. But above all these things, he needs to be able to know that he is a man.

If you want to feel important and indispensable, read a story to the child on your lap.

all ensigns should be pruned back occasionally. It served them in good stead later.

Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting.

What do we want from our mothers when we are children? Complete submission. Oh