Quotes about Nurture

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.

The third discipline is community. Whom do you choose as your companions? Whom do you choose to be friends with, to live with? Are they people who love you, and care for you, and nurture you?

Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith and your fears will.

He, at this very moment, issues invitations by the millions. He whispers through the kindness of a grandparent, shouts through the tempest of a tsunami. Through the funeral he cautions, "Life is fragile." Through a sickness he reminds, "Days are numbered." God may speak through nature or nurture, majesty or mishap. But through all and to all he invites: "Come, enjoy me forever.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.