Quotes About Nurture

Actually, the law can be approached as if it were a kind of garden," said Seward. "You must recall where and when you plant each seed …

Harriet was put in charge of taking care of her younger brothers and sisters when she was only four years old.

Only the strongest could survive in such a place. This was the bosom of the motherland, a place of ice and of stone. If you possessed the necessary will, you would survive, she would forge you into something stronger. If not? The motherland always had other children to feed.

Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child

1. individual and couple prayer 2. nurture your love 3. each other, but an even stronger commitment to your vows 4. learn new skills when new challenges come instead of giving into a tendency to blame your marriage or spouse for being "broken

I don't know if people are born with a worldview or if their thinking is a product of their environment.

I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting.

It is never acceptable for us to be the cause of any child to feel unloved or worthless.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.

People who want to be singers can be nurtured and taught, and they can make great strides. But, the truth is, if you are completely tone deaf, it is never going to happen for you. It's just a reality of life. It's like me thinking I can be an Olympic swimmer. It ain't gonna happen!

My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony.

Sales departments use social to nurture leads and close sales. HR posts job openings and vets applicants. Community and support squads mine networks, blogs and forums with deep listening tools.

Hopefully this movie will help people understand that if a child is never given the tools to know how to love others and love and respect themselves, this is what happens.

We, as adults, have not given children the tools to grow up healthy in our society.

My child was one of Nature's Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture's Lefties: it was no contest.

Cooking is, to me, the perfect fusion of generosity and selfishness, indeed the resolution of generosity and selfishness, the answer to my torn nature.

Yes, our genes, upbringing, and difficulties affect us, but I do not believe they determine us.

Opportunities are whispers, not foghorns. If we can't hear their soft rhythms—if we are too busy rushing about, waiting for thunderclaps of revelation, inspiration, and certainty—or if we can spot them but can't nurture them into real advantages, then we might as well be blind to them.

A child is never the author of his own history. I suppose this is well known.

They're shepherds. A shepherd eats the sheep, but he loves them, protects them against the wolves, tends the flock and helps it multiply.

If the world looks too big, I'll hold you that much tighter If the breeze feels too chill, I'll make the fire hotter If the storm booms too loud, I'll sing to you still louder I'll always keep you safe, my tiny, precious daughter