Quotes About Nurture

And in my dream, if the fathers and mothers loved their sons and daughters and sang to them in their cradles, they made a good country, and if they didn't, they made a tyranny, so whether existence is a bloodbath or a bubble bath could hinge on whether a little child got kissed good night with a story and a glass of water or sent to bed without snuggles or a snack or a cohesive philosophy of justice.

How dare they speak so unkindly of stories? Stories never did anything to them! Stories are only here to love you and look after you and show you a good time… Stories don't even ask anything in return but not to have grape juice spilled on them, and, every once in a while, to be thought of fondly, years and years after you shut their covers.

A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.

You were like a flame blown by the wind until it is almost extinguished. All I had to do was put the glass around you. And now, how you shine!

World-mothering air, air wild,Wound with thee, in thee isled,Fold home, fast fold thy child.

To bury grief plant a seed.

The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life.

Till your inner garden and your outer landscape will flourish

Life only plants the seeds. It's up to us to help them grow.

Love thrives when we accept others as they are, while allowing them to grow, develop, and be as they are meant to be. This is the kind of environment that we, as parents, would hope to provide our children. Being there for others, supporting their growth, supporting them in their trials, and celebrating life with them is a great service to others.

Mama worked outside the home — in the garden.

Bucky solía decir que todos los niños nacen genios y que se pasan los seis primeros años de vida perdiendo su genialidad.

I believe love never dies. It's the sole reason why we're all here. To create love and to nurture it.

Home is a symbol of the self. Caring for a home is caring for one's self.

Emotional security, continuity, a sense of being loved unconditionally for oneself—all those turn out to be as important to a child's development as all but the most basic food and shelter.

The world is a perfect garden for your seeds.

Talents are best nurtured in solitude; character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.

Love does not dominate; it cultivates. ? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.

Getting married doesn't mean you're done – it just means you've advanced to graduate-level studies. That's because everytime you think you've mastered the material, he'll change a bit. And so will you. As two people grow and evolve, the real work of marriage is finding a way to relate to nurture each other in the process. (on 8 things no one tells you about marriage)

Nature will always give you unconditional LOVE. It relentlessly communicates: - I am here for YOU!. Accept the offer. Go for a walk.