Quotes about Nurture
Original Poems for Infant Minds My MotherWho ran to help me when I fell,And would some pretty story tell,Or kiss the place to make it wellMy Mother.
— Anonymous
Woman is thy field; go then to thy field and till it.
— Frank Herbert
Not addressing immediate needs is an offence to the young.
— Frank Herbert
Shield your son too much, Jessica, and he'll not grow strong enough to fulfill any destiny.
— Frank Herbert
The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
— Alice Walker
Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.
— Ronald Reagan
The creative impulse can be killed, but it cannot be taught...What a teacher can do...in working with children, is to give the flame enough oxygen so that it can burn. As far as I'm concerned, this providing of oxygen is one of the noblest of all vocations.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The Mother asks the sacrifice of love.
— Madeleine L'Engle
For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
All little lambs need a shepherd.
— Sandra Byrd
The Church is our mother, inasmuch as God has committed to her the kind office of bringing us up in the faith until we attain full age.
— John Calvin
We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow.
— Max Lucado