Nurturing Quotes

• 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.

  John Lennon

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Nurturing has the ability to transform people's lives.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Leader, Ability

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “A Leader's Heart: 365-Day Devotional Journal”, p.76, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Our souls cannot be forced to grow, but like flowers, our spiritual selves can be nurtured until they blossom and flourish.

  James Van Praagh

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Flower

  FaceBook post by James Van Praagh from Aug 09, 2014

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• Nurturing is not complex. It's simply being tuned in to the thing or person before you and offering small gestures toward what it needs at that time.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Time, Kindness, Fire

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.58, Conari Press

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• Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

  Ralph Fiennes

  Patience, Generosity, Quality

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• It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspiring, Children, Heart

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• The loving personality seeks not to control, but to nurture, not to dominate, but to empower.

  Gary Zukav

  Love, Empowering, Personality

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Jan 23, 2016

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• If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

  Jane Fonda

  Pregnancy, People, Parent

  "Community-Based Doulas: A Good Investment in the Future" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.

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

  Laozi

  Dream, Opportunity For Success, Worry

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• Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

  Laozi

  Dream, Opportunity, Worry

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• Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

  Tom Peters

  Leadership, Vision, Management

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• All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Education, Teaching

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.446, Best Books on

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• We all have the seeds of love in us.We can develop this wonderful source of energy, nurturing the unconditional love that does not expect anything in return.

  Nhat Hanh

  Unconditional Love, Forbidden Love, Energy

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Teachings on Love: Easyread Edition”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

  Laozi

  Success, Weed, Dream

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• A few little flowers will spring up briefly in the dry gulley through which torrents of water pass occasionally. But it is steady streams that bring thick and needed crops. In the agriculture of the soul that has to do with nurturing attributes, flash floods are no substitute for regular irrigation.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Spring, Flower, Agriculture

  "Notwithstanding My Weakness". Book by Neal A. Maxwell, pg. 7, 1981.

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• In my own deepening understanding of myself I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well. The better I am at self-care the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Self, Careers, Understanding

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• Your purpose is about discovering and nurturing who you truly are, to know and love yourself at the deepest level and to guide yourself back home when you lose your way. That's it. Everything else is your burning passion, your inspired mission, your job, your love-fueled hobby, etc. Those things are powerful and essential, but they're not your purpose. Your purpose is much bigger than that.

  Kris Carr

  Jobs, Powerful, Love You

  "The Myth of Finding Your Purpose" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 16, 2013.

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• It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.

  Deepak Chopra

  Emotional, Mindfulness, Attention

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• A wound needs air in order to heal. We must talk about and expose those things which have hurt or harmed us in some way. Our wounds need nurturing care in order to heal. If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist. We must carefully do what is necessary to help ourselves feel better.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Hurt, Feel Better, Air

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 03, 2016

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• Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.

  Glenn Hughes

  Love, Art, Fall

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• My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of concern for others. We need to nurture it. Scientists have found that to ensure even physical health peace of mind is essential. People often think that love and compassion are only matters of religious concern, but in fact such values are necessary in all human relations

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Religious, Buddhist

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• When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.

  Rudolf Dreikurs

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Children

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• Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

  Virginia Satir

  Motivational, Family, Appreciation

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• Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

  Marissa Mayer

  Technology, People, Creative

  "Marissa Mayer talks about Google at 10 - and 20". Interview with Jessica Guynn, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 7, 2008.

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• Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.

  Laozi

  Weed, Dream, Opportunity For Success

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