Quotes About Nurture

And what is it we give our children anyway, except the ability to not become us?

The mind is a garden, said he.

Mere instruction in morality is not sufficient to nurture the virtues. It might even backfire, especially when the presentation is heavily exhortative and the pupil's will is coerced. Instead a compelling vision of the goodness of goodness itself needs to be presented in a way that is attractive and stirs the imagination.

I think if we all gardened more, they and all of the other birds that fly in the air above and light in my garden below would be better off. I know that God values them no less than I do. So when I plant in spring I also hope to taste of God in fruit of summer sun and sight of feathered friends.

The fruit of the garden is not restricted to what we eat. Every garden lends something more to the imagination - beauty.

man is no more than a product of many conditional and environmental factors—be they of a biological, psychological or sociological nature?

Books, she thought, grew of themselves.

the sort of fish that a good fisherman puts back into the water so that it may grow fatter and be one day worth cooking and eating.

The softness and fragility of baby animals caused us the same intense pain. She wanted to be a nurse in some famished Asiatic country; I wanted to be a famous spy.

Like a good gardener who knows when the soil needs alkali and when acid, the competent tennis pro should be able to help the development of your game.

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk. The rain makes running pools in the gutter. The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night– And I love the rain.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout...

He was the ultimate experiment in Nature Versus Nurture, and she imagined he must be engaged in a constant battle between what he was and what he wanted to be.

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.

and I sometimes wonder if every living thing doesn't need kind words as much as sunshine and water.

they say to grow up strong, a child only needs one person who thinks the world of them.

Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment, we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen, for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches.

Kids aren't bonsai. Maybe instead of trying to make them beautiful to the rest of the world, you should just love them and let them grow.

The soul is a garden of abundance and Light.

Sometimes it's nice to be sick, to give up trying to function, to crawl into bed and be cared for a little.

Apparently, this girl is made from me. She comes from me. She has half my genes, half my toxins, half my talents, she is in me. What of me will she shed, what will she find herself tacked to?

Children are pushed to give up their dependency needs and assume responsibility too early. This is particularly common in alcoholic and dysfunctional families.

God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.