Quotes About Nurturing

You have to change those diapers every day. When those directions on the side of the Pampers box say, 'holds 6-12 pounds' they're not kidding!

Have some more tea, dear, " Hester said, reaching for the pot and refilling my cup. "I always find that helps.

Networking is not about hunting. It is about farming. It's about cultivating relationships. Don't engage in 'premature solicitation'. You'll be a better networker if you remember that.

Networking is more about farming than it is about hunting.

It is more important to let a child's imagination develop than it is to labor to inculcate in him or her some correct ethical point of view.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

Motherhood . . . is an act of infinite optimism.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.

In a sick-room or a bed-room there should never be shutters shut.

I am so ready to be a mommy. I can't wait. I notice every little baby dress, every little baby toy, every little baby thing.

Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.

There is more in the education of children than the everlasting iteration of the word "don't!"

It is the duty of every father... to write fairy tales for his children.

When I think of the word "organic, " I think of natural, wholesome, and fundamental.That's exactly what I want my children's education to be like.

The power to heal is all in the hug.

at least in IBM's case, when it honored and nurtured its sales force and its sales culture, it was productive and successful. That statement may sound incredibly obvious. When their values prevailed, IBM did well. But beginning shortly after the new millennium, they did not always prevail. IBM, like many other corporations, in recent years has relied increasingly on what came to be known as "financial engineering" to improve performance. It was never enough to ensure success.

High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

Instead of tall and angular shapes regarded as masculine and aggressive, she now turned to soft, rounded forms identified as female or nurturing.

Come sit on my lap,' she said. Soon, very soon, he would think himself too big for lap-sitting. He got down from his chair and she picked him up; he was solid as anything. She held him close and swayed her body a little, like a cradle rocking, and soon he looked at her with the lovely solemnity that seemed to be a hallmark of their Jack Tyler, and said, ' I could prob'ly have a deviled egg now.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.