Nurture Quotes

“Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.”

“The character of man is, without a single exception, always formed for him.”

“Man is the son of his environment.”

“We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.”

“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”

“Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education.”

“Man is the creature of circumstances.”

“Your child is not your canvas to paint on, but a seed to nurture.”

“Art is a spiritual gift. It is not a matter of heredity, but of environment.”

“Criminals are not born. They are made.”

“We must create a garden for people to grow in.”

“Nature and teaching are similar, for teaching reshapes the man and, in reshaping, creates his nature.”

“Imagination has to be watered with something very special, or it would simply die.”

“Anatomy is not destiny in the establishment of gender identity.”

“The primary and most crucial variables in the establishment of a masculine or feminine gender identity are the experiences of being reared as a boy or a girl.”

“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”

“It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.”

“Good-hearted people don't just appear out of nowhere. They're made. You have to be taught to be good.”

“Men are not born to be men, they have to be taught.”

“Every human soul has a germ of some flowers within, and they would open if they could only find sunshine and free air to expand in.”