Quotes About Nurture

Babies are such blank slates. They don't come into this world with the assumptions their parents have made, or the promises their church will give, or the ability to sort people into groups they like and don't like. They don't come into this world with anything, really, except a need for comfort. And they will take it from anyone, without judging the giver. I wonder how long it takes before the polish given by nature gets worn off by nurture.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

When you are pregnant, you can think of nothing but having your own body to yourself again; yet after giving birth you realize that the biggest part of you is now somehow external, subject to all sorts of dangers and disappearance, so you spend the rest of your lifet rying to figure out how to keep her close enough for for comfort.

When you look into your baby's eyes," Lacy said softly, "you see everything you hope they can be… not everything you wish they won't become.

It shelters and protects us From a dark or sunny sky And like a tree - it's beauty grows As each day passes by.

May you have many children and may they grow mature in taste and healthy in color and as sought after as the contents of the glass.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

Family and friends are my flowers growing in my life's garden. I must always care for them with love so I can keep them forever.

Only thing I would love about being pregnant besides the baby is that my boobies grow.

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.

When you have a great relationship, don't try to improve it. Try to hold on to what you have. You need to nurture each and every great moment as well as memories of those moments. Take one step at a time with joy and happiness and then you'll have no limit to greatness.

Relationships are like birds, if you hold tightly they die. If you hold loosely, they fly. But if you hold with care, they remain with you for ever.

Like the tree needs the earth, Like the night needs the moon, Like the star needs the sky, Like the guitar needs the tune, My world needs You...

Life's a garden. Dig It!

A relationship is an investment that will build as you continue to devote your time and effort. The more you put in, the more you'll get back.

Plants won't wither if we always water them. So it's, also, with the memories. It's good, when they're pleasant, but if they aren't, then it's madness.

Some knowledge comes to us like a seed.... Then, we have to bury it and leave it alone in the dark. When it's time, it comes up again and grows.

I'd remember to take care of your soul.

Life is a garden, don't water the weeds.

Money can buy you everything except a father and a mother.

There is no mother like your own mother.

Treat your thoughts as if they were guests and wishes as if they were children.

Remember that every child and every parent has a completely unique and special rela- tionship. That child knows his dad and loves his dad. Our job is to watch that communication, to nurture it, and to support the parents in their heart-to-heart relationships with their children