child nurturing Quotes

I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne.

When you hold a baby in your arms, you don't want to put it in a basket right away. You want to keep the baby close.

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

Nobody is so busy in life where you can make no time for your child.

I've always wanted to adopt kids ever since I was 16 years old. I always said I'm going to adopt, I'm going to adopt. There's too many kids in the world that need love and attention, I can give it to them.

Looking back, I don't feel that I was the most brilliant mother. I was always very good at giving my children the right food, but it was one of my regrets in life that I didn't spend more time listening to them or playing with them.

Every parent has the responsibility to cultivate his child's heart. If we leave our children's heart alone, they tend to become like a garden, overgrown with evil and with sin.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

Parents care deeply.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

Children are like puppies: you have to keep them near you, and look after them, if you want their affection.

It is the home which produces the nursery stock of new generations. I hope that you mothers will realize that when all is said and done, you have no more compelling responsibility, nor any laden with greater rewards, than the nurture you give your children in an environment of security, peace, companionship, love and motivation to grow and do well.

Touch is the most fundamental sense. A baby experiences it, all over, before he is born and long before he learns to use sight, hearing, or taste, and no human ever ceases to need it. Keep your children short on pocket money but long on hugs

The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.

We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished, and protected.

If you bring a child into the world, you have a responsibility to that child in every sense of the word.

Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother's love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child's trusting mind and heart? As a mother, you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child's special talents and unique capacities.

No matter what you read or hear, no matter what the difference of circumstances you observe in the lives of women about you, it is important for you Latter-day Saint women to understand that the Lord holds motherhood and mothers sacred and in the highest esteem. He has entrusted to his daughters the great responsibility of bearing and nurturing children.... There is divinity in each new life.

Having a baby, it's like a five year commitment.

Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.

We, as adults, are the gatekeepers, and we have to check our own fears at the door because we want our children to be smarter than we are. We want them to be more fully human than we are.

Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.

The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Attaching the word marriage to the association of same-sex individuals mistakenly presumes that marriage is principally a matter of adult benefits and adult rights. In fact, marriage is principally about the nurturing and development of children. And the successful development of children is critical to the preservation and success of our nation.