Quotes About Nurture

Of course, to be fair, that was a parent's job. The world was so full of sharp bends that if they didn't put a few twists in you, you wouldn't stand a chance of fitting in.

My imagination is a kind of animal. So what I do is keep it alive.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.

It is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.

I sustain myself with the love of family.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

You have only one chance to raise your child.

Pick the weeds and keep the flowers.

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

Our souls cannot be forced to grow, but like flowers, our spiritual selves can be nurtured until they blossom and flourish.

Nothing can be rushed. It must grow, it should grow of itself, and if the time ever comes for that work, then so much the better!

I know because I read...Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.

The deeds of the children are a testament to the upbringing they received from their parents.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

If it never rained, nothing would grow.

Every parent is a teacher... But not all parents teach.

I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.

The child is the father of the man.

It doesn't matter what a person is born but it matters how he grows up to be...

Books are like our children. They are often conceived by inspiration, but are born only by labor.