Quotes About Nurture

The fair Saxon man, with open front, and honest meaning, domestic, affectionate, is not the wood out of which cannibal, or inquisitor, or assassin is made. But he is moulded for law, lawful trade, civility, marriage, the nurture of children, for colleges, churches, charities, and colonies.

it's my responsibility to cultivate the man in my son. I can't be passive about that.

So let all goodness draw you nearer and let all goodness flow from you to point others to the Source of all goodness. 13.

trees to cool the towns in the boiling summer, trees to hold back the winter winds. There were so many things a tree could do: add color, provide shade, drop fruit, or become a children's playground, a whole sky universe to climb and hang from; an architecture of food and pleasure, that was a tree. But most of all the trees would distill an icy air for the lungs, and a gentle rustling for the ear when you lay nights in your snowy bed and were gentled to sleep by the sound.

We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.

We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam. Even fireworks, for all their prettiness, come from the chemistry of the earth. Yet somehow we think we can grow, feeding on flowers and fireworks, without completing the cycle back to reality.

L'hérédité et le milieu sont des drôles de trucs. (...) Le milieu familial peut défaire beaucoup de ce qu'on essaie de faire à l'école. C'est pourquoi on (...) prend les gosses pratiquement au berceau.

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

If we do not allow the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food either.

If we do not allow the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food either. —JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH, "CONSERVATION IS NOT ENOUGH" (1954)

God's love manifest through the sunrise and sunset, the mountain and the valley, the tree and the flower, the roar of the beast and the song of the bird. Through your heartbeat and your breathing, in His care for you and His supply of your needs, in taking care of you and watching over you. The Bible clearly declares His love when He says: 'I have loved you with an everlasting love.

We cannot own anyone else, people, the lands, or resources. We are here to care for each other.

We must take care to feed the minds, hearts, and spirits of those coming up behind us--to offer songs, poems, and stories that will break open that which is hardened, expose that which is evil-minded or would harm, and remind us how we are constructed to bring forth beauty of thought and beingness.

Great relationships are one of the most precious treasures in life, but we must feed them regularly by putting time into them. If you find you have no time to develop and maintain strong, intimate relationships with God, with yourself, and with your family and friends, then you are absolutely too busy.

We pray for fruit in our lives, but we don't always want to pray for roots.

Our Words Are Seeds

People didn't get nice by accident, did they? They had parents who were nice. Nice to their kids, nice to others.

People didn't get nice by accident, did they? They had parents who were nice. Nice to their kids, nice to others. His parents . . . well, they didn't understand the concept of "nice.

Green crammers of the green fruits of the world.

The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.2

The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.

taken care of." Sara gathered the child into her

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope. We also secure the future for our children.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.