Quotes about Nurture
The vine-dresser is never closer to the vine, taking more thought over its long-term health and productivity, than when he has the knife in his hand. JOHN
- NT Wright
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela
A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the result.
- Nelson Mandela
No one is born either naturally or supernaturally with character; it must be developed.
- Oswald Chambers
Mother Nature (aka the natural world before humans imposed fear on her) provides for every single need.
- Pam Grout
Children who are not loved themselves often find it difficult to love others.
- Patricia St. John
It means that as parents we need to daily remind ourselves that we're called to rescue our children again and again, and we should not resent those moments when that rescue is necessary.
- Paul David Tripp
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
- Genesis 33:13
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
- Genesis 50:23
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
- Numbers 11:12
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- 2 Samuel 12:3
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
- Job 3:12