Quotes about Nurture
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.
- Harry S. Truman
The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
- Margaret Mead
As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.
- Seneca
According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel bending over it, whispering, "Grow, grow.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
When push comes to shove, a mother takes care of her children from the bottom up.
- Barbara Kingsolver
You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
- Stephen Covey
We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
- Stephen Covey
We have to water, cultivate, and weed on a regular basis if we're going to enjoy the harvest. The difference between our own active involvement as gardeners and neglect is the difference between a beautiful garden and a weed patch
- Stephen Covey
And to get those eggs on a regular basis, we need to take care of the goose. We need to create and care for the relationships that make those results possible.
- Stephen Covey
We have to water, cultivate, and weed on a regular basis if we're going to enjoy the harvest.
- Stephen Covey
To 'be loved' is the most basic of human needs. Like a flower, it waters the human soul. But 'to love' is a true blessing.
- Olivia Newton-John
The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.
- Henri Nouwen