A study done by British researchers in 1995 determined that a sense of humor was dependant upon nurture, not nature.
You should nurture those qualities of your character which are most likely to help you to succeed.
Her mother was a very nurturing person who spent all her time with
her children.
The nurturing of children in our society is carried out increasingly by both parents.
Janice was able to nurture the sick tree back to good health.
My brother has always nurtured a secret goal to enter politics.
Research shows that children who are fed and
housed, but do not receive loving care, do not do as well as those raised in a more nurturing environment.
Carol Gilligan once suggested that while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength.
Studies show that children
are especially likely to imitate adult models who are warm, nurturant, and powerful.
The more one's intelligence is nurtured, the more one's natural ability can flourish.
The genius of Spanish painter Diego Vel-zquez was nurtured by a Classical education.
Tennessee Ernie Ford once remarked, "Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent."
Tom Peters once advised that management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
Benjamin Disraeli once advised, "Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes."
Samuel Smiles once observed that the very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.
Gerald Ford once observed that there are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect.
Women generally focus more on a man's economic status than his appearance, probably because the woman carries most of the responsibility of rearing and nurturing the children.
In order to truly fulfill their potential, children need to be protected and nurtured.
Children who are well nurtured and cared for in their earliest years are more likely to survive and grow in a healthy way.
Sally's parents were busy working all the time when she was a baby, but her grandparents nurtured her with a great deal of love.
Discussion question: Do you believe the suggestion that women are more natural nurturers than men?