Quotes About Nurture

Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

What God is to the world, that parents are to their children.

Yes, there's genetics. Yes, there are chromosomes. Yes, there's biology. Yes, there are environment, sociology, parenting, economics, class, and all of that. But there is something else, as well.

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself.

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.

No other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting.

Nurturing a child's sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility of every grownup in a child's life.

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put into the job, the learning curve is, well, fairly flat.

Parenting is the most important profession in the world.

Anybody can make a baby without any checking, without thinking. This type of parenting can be tragic because one of the greatest actions a human being can do is to create another life.

Perhaps it takes courage to raise children..

Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact with.

If you bungle raising children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

The most important thing anyone can do is raise their kids well.

I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.

All of life comes in seed form – not as monuments.

Mothers should be very careful what type of boys and men they create, or allow to be created.

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.