nurture

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01. A study done by British researchers in 1995 determined that a sense of humor was dependant upon [nurture], not nature.

02. You should [nurture] those qualities of your character which are most likely to help you to succeed.

03. Her mother was a very [nurturing] person who spent all her time with her children.

04. The [nurturing] of children in our society is carried out increasingly by both parents.

05. Janice was able to [nurture] the sick tree back to good health.

06. My brother has always [nurtured] a secret goal to enter politics.

07. 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.

08. Carol Gilligan once suggested that while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women portray acts of [nurturance] as acts of strength.

09. Studies show that children are especially likely to imitate adult models who are warm, [nurturant], and powerful.

10. The more one's intelligence is [nurtured], the more one's natural ability can flourish.

11. The genius of Spanish painter Diego VelÙ„zquez was [nurtured] by a Classical education.

12. Tennessee Ernie Ford once remarked, "Do you want to be successful? [Nurture] your talent."

13. Tom Peters once advised that management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about [nurturing] and enhancing.

14. Benjamin Disraeli once advised, "[Nurture] your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes."

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. In order to truly fulfill their potential, children need to be protected and [nurtured].

19. Children who are well [nurtured] and cared for in their earliest years are more likely to survive and grow in a healthy way.

20. 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.{</charset>}