Quotes About Nurturing

A woman's pelvis is like an hourglass with the capacity to tell time. It both creates and shelters life. When the mother's diet is insufficient, nutrients are pulled from her own teeth and bone. Women are built to be selfless.

She thought of mothering, which was really another word for being present and caring what happened to someone.

A pergunta era: o que uma criança quer da mãe? Sua resposta era: Band-Aids para os machucados, uma música na hora de dormir, gentileza, algo doce para comer depois da escola, alguém para ajudar com o dever de casa, alguém junto a quem se aconchegar.

Tell me how you need us." "I think this will be just the two of us." But as Jon took up his fork, he gave Matt a look. "Still, thanks for all of it. Thanks for being here when I needed it. As usual." "I will not be hugged," Matt said sternly. Jon considered the food. "You"re awfully nurturing for someone who doesn"t hug." "Eat it and shut up, or you"re fired.

We can't form our children on our own concepts we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

A woman is a vehicle of life. Life has overtaken her. Woman is what it is all about-the giving of birth and the giving of nourishment.

Home life, home teaching, parental guidance is the panacea for all the ailments, a cure for all diseases, a remedy for all problems.

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

I think all of us as women have this super-human quality. We create life, we give life, we are the sources of life for our children - we're all pretty bionic.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

As fathers, we know what a force for life children can be. They represent all of our futures.

Bringing a baby into the world is something I've always wanted, and now I'm completely ready for my life to start revolving around another human being.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.

If you don't have kids and animals, you don't truly know what life is about.

I'm a conscious parent when I believe... a parent's presence in their child's life is of paramount value and provides the foundation for their sense of worth.

When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before.

I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life.

There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.

I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly.