Nurturing Quotes

Love-buds, put before you and within you, whoever you are, Buds to be unfolded on the old terms; If you bring the warmth of the sun to them, they will open, and bring form, color, perfume, to you; If you become the aliment and the wet, they will become flowers, fruits, tall blanches and trees.

This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.

We had one thing in common - we were in love. But love is just a gift, and it doesn't answer everything and it's like a precious plant that you have to nurture and look after and all that.

It is no disparagement to the garden to say it will not fence and weed itself, nor prune its own fruit trees, nor roll and cut its own lawns...It will remain a garden only if someone does all these things to it...If you want to see the difference between [the garden's] contribution and the gardener's, put the commonest weed it grows side by side with his hoes rakes, shears, and a packet of weed killer; you have put beauty, energy, and fecundity beside dead, steril things. Just so, our 'decency and common sense' show grey and deathlike beside the geniality of love.

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash . . . you add a longer tail . . . you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

The human spirit is nurtured by praise, as much as a seedling is nurtured by the soil, the water and the sun.

Mother's milk leads to everything.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

Love, the life-giving garden of this world.

Nurturing has the ability to transform people's lives.

Maya Angelou observed you cant use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Sadly,too often creativity is smothered rather than nurtured. There has to be climate in which new ways of thinking,perceiving, questioning are encouraged.

Remember, a good marriage is like a campfire. Both grow cold if left unattended.

We are born for love, but it will die if not nurtured.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

The one who rules like the mother lasts long.

Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it.

I am your moon and your moonlight too I am your flower garden and your water too I have come all this way, eager for you Without shoes or shawl I want you to laugh To kill all your worries To love you To nourish you.

I mean, I grew up in a community where people took care of each other. I grew up in a community where my mother, my parents, my extended family really wanted for children to be nurtured and challenged and not harmed.

Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Learn to lead in a nourishing manner.Learn to lead without being possessive.Learn to be helpful without taking the credit.Learn to lead without coercion.