Quotes About Nurture

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.

When you were born, just a fresh babe, and I held you in my arms for the first time, I knew that we had to call you Bridie, after the blessed St. Brigid. I knew because the moment I set eyes on you, I saw you had holy fire in you, exactly like our own St. Brigid.

The kind of language I am using today was once natured by the environment I lived in when I was still a growing toddler.

King Solomon wrote, "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth" (Psalm 127:3–4, emphasis added).

Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men.

It's just that sometimes you love a kid just because they need it. Not because they deserve it, not because you really like them…just because they need love.

Love is sunshine to the rose. It can't stop shinin' just because the bud begins to bloom.

They have come up with a bold idea: Our minds, too, are shaped by conflict between our parents' genes.

Tal como as plantas, a amizade não deve ser muito nem pouco regada.

Compassion arises from inside you - it is already present within you like a seed that needs to be cultivated. If you feed and water it, your compassion will grow - and so will you.

If your dog is still needy, give him more of what he needs.

To me the whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner's development and have them encourage yours.

Como é bom ter terras para plantar! Eu já estava compreendendo o valor da terra que sabe recompensar o esforço do homem. E o ventre da terra é fecundo. A terra é feminina, é a mãe da humanidade.

Don't make a baby if you're not capable of unconditional love.

What makes us become us? What fucks us up and why?

It's not like you can ever say I starved you or deprived you. You're safe.

The closest thing to being cared for is to care for someone else.

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.

A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.

At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people nurture the belief that they can do things.

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

The mountain is your mother," Stonesnake had told him during an easier climb a few days past. "Cling to her, press yourself against her teats, and she won't drop you.

That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality–your soul, if you will–is as bright and shining as any that has ever been....Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly.