Quotes about Nurture

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide us.

God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.

We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.

We fill our minds with the stories of God's acts. Joy has a history. Joy is the verified, repeated experience of those involved in what God is doing. It is as real as a date in history, as solid as a stratum of rock in Palestine. Joy is nurtured by living in such a history, building on such a foundation.

Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.

Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.

One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

The most important medicine is tender love and care.

Love is the most important healing power there is.

In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.