Quotes About Nurture

He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

To be a Flower, is profound Responsibility

The task of any good cook, of any parent, is to be present- in the kitchen and out. To taste all the items, absorb each child's day, all those moments, and form them into the day's meals.

You must feel an almost pathological need—understandably—to stand guard between your son and the world." "Yeah, it's called being a mother." Ma nearly snarls it.

Hang on, here's the Beatles, there's an oldie you might like from about fifty years ago,' she says, 'All You Need Is Love.' I'm confused. 'Don't persons need food and stuff?' 'Yeah, but all that's no good if you don't have somebody to love as well'...

Was genius a weed that sprang up anywhere, or did it need a particular habitat?

Love needs no protection; it is its own protection. So long as love begets life no child is deserted, or hungry, or famished for the want of affection. I know this to be true.

Tan sólo por la educación puede el hombre llegar a ser hombre. El hombre no es más que lo que la educación hace de él.

history has taught us that it is unwise to wager against a protective mother, as often the universe sides with this particular energy.

Being loved by the world is no substitute for having been loved by one person when you were small

God explains to Jonah that the essence of love is to "labor" for something and "to make something grow

Mammals: a family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

A good son makes a good husband.

Mother, if you love her- Mother, if you love her, keep her clean. Mother, if you lover her, keep her-

As flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.

Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies!

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

What I hope is clear at this point is that you don't have to be the boss to be a leader. The leader's job is to create and nurture the culture we all need to do our best work. And so anytime you play a role in doing that, you are exercising leadership.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

All we can do is love this kid. It is literally all we have.

While breastfeeding may not seem the right choice for every parent, it is the best choice for every baby.

But gardening is none of that, really. Strip away the gadgets and the techniques, the books and the magazines and the soil test kits, and what you're left with, at the end of the day, is this: a stretch of freshly turned dirt, a handful of seeds scratched into the surface, and a marker to remember where they went. It is at the same time an incredibly brave and an incredibly simple thing to do, entrusting your seeds to the earth and waiting for them to rise up out of the ground to meet you.

Protect him, yes, with my life; spare him of learning responsibility and to take care of himself, no. During