Quotes About Nurture

The child is father to the man.

A human being isn't an orchid, he must draw something from the soil he grows in.

To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.

More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.

I've come out of seeing death and chosen to focus on the life that's sprouting everywhere, like flowers. And I want to help feed the flowers.

Teach by example and treat yourself the way you would want your children to treat themselves.

Mommy. It's just the one thing you don't want to mess up.

That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.

Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Look after each other. As a couple. When you have kids, you'll want to put them first. Don't. Marriage is like a plant. To keep it alive you've got to water it and feed it.

I believe that peace is not merely an absence of war but the nurture of human life, and that in time this nurture would do away with war as a natural process.

Los niños necesitan amor y, si no lo tienen, algo se muere en su interior.

Mr Phipps seemed to think criminality was passed down through the generations like a stutter, or a squint, or in my case red hair.

which is that it is better to bind a child by love than by fear.

Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate this planet. ... When we lose stories, our understanding of the world is less rich, less true.

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love doesn't come from us - it's born in us, a birthright from God. We can't manufacture it, we can only release what He's given us. That nudge to forgive? I told you– I think that's love trying to break free.

The mother needs mothering too.

He hoped he had nurtured her long enough, that she perceived all that he valued: the lure of Telling and the delirium of Remembering, the addiction of Uncovering and the libation of Testimony.

It's our children who teach us how to be parents.

My mother says healers are born, not made.

Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young.