Quotes about Nurturing

He who plants kindness gathers love.

He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.

Family... a group experience of love and support.

Rather than counting on the acquisition of knowledge to support and defend the faith, a trust-centered faith values and honors the wise—those who through experience and mature spiritual habits have earned the right to lead and are given a central role in nurturing faith in others.

As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.

No one ever outgrows the need for a mother's love.

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.

It moves one's heart to think: Nine months before I was born there was a woman who loved me deeply. She did not know what I was going to be like, but she loved me because she carried me in her womb.

The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

When she first felt her son's groping mouth attach itself to her breast, a wave of sweet vibration thrilled deep inside and radiated to all parts of her body; it was similar to love, but it went beyond a lover's caress, it brought a great calm happiness, a great happy calm.

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

For those with the purity to see it, a nursing mother is one of the most precious, most beautiful, and most holy of all possible images of woman.