Welcome to Foster Quotes, a curated collection of insightful and inspiring quotes on fostering relationships, growth, and development. Whether you’re seeking words of wisdom to navigate the complexities of interpersonal connections or looking for motivation to nurture personal or professional growth, you’ve come to the right place.
Fostering relationships is an art, requiring patience, empathy, and understanding. From fostering friendships to fostering innovation in the workplace, the ability to cultivate meaningful connections is paramount to success and fulfillment in all aspects of life. Through the words of thought leaders, philosophers, and visionaries, we explore the nuances of fostering relationships and the profound impact it has on our lives.
Below, you’ll find a treasure trove of quotes that encapsulate the essence of fostering relationships, personal growth, and resilience. Whether you’re seeking a dose of inspiration for your social media feed, looking to adorn your workspace with motivational messages, or simply craving some words of encouragement for the day ahead, these quotes are here to uplift and empower you. Feel free to copy, share, or embellish these quotes with stylish fonts and images to amplify their impact. Let these words serve as guiding lights on your journey of connection and growth.
John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization. Norodom Sihanouk
Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary. Dora Russell
I was fortunate and worked hard to graduate top of my class as a primary school teacher and receive the Vere Foster Award, which is the medal given to the graduate who attains the highest mark in teaching practice. Sinead Burke
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. Jane Fonda
I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world. Richard Lugar
I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to get out and foster that talent. Give them an opportunity to become stars. I think the whole idea is wonderful. Donald O’Connor
Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. Miuccia Prada
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness – a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster – children into strength and athletic proportion. William Cullen Bryant
I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up to two wonderful people, my foster parents. Walter Dean Myers
I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn’t enough money to take care of the most basic of needs. Wayne Dyer
It can literally change someone’s life; it’s very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents – it can really foster their social skills. Yaya Han
Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity. Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
In the spring of 1929, I returned to the United States. I was homesick for this country. I had learned in my student days a great deal about the new physics. I wanted to pursue this myself, to explain it, and to foster its cultivation. J. Robert Oppenheimer
I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing. Lindsay Lohan
Trade allegedly does not foster growth because when it begins, a flood of imports of factory origin destroys the handicraft manufacturing of the less developed country: the models for this are the effects of British exports of textiles and of iron in India and Chile in the first half of the nineteenth century. Arthur Lewis
A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement. James H. Douglas, Jr.
Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted. Charles Bass
When I was growing up with my mum we didn’t have two pennies to rub together. I used to get my money from doing the ironing with my foster parents. Kerry Katona
As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions. Meeting the President of the United States is just the honor we should bestow on our academic champions. Brad Sherman
In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers. Estelle Morris
Accordingly, it is our task to ensure that the Government formulates policies that foster the continued development of the IT sector while also providing for citizens’ access to technology and opportunity for economic advancement. Tim Holden
I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn. Rosie Perez
Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly. Ben Bernanke
We have a very open culture at the company, where we foster a lot of interaction between not just me and people but between everyone else. It’s an open floor plan. People have these desks where no one really has an office. I mean, I have a room where I meet with people. But it has all glass, so everyone can see into it and see what’s going on. Mark Zuckerberg
Literally, FX is like, ‘How can we foster your vision?’ My vision is pretty much taking pictures of the way I see my life. Pamela Adlon
My husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children. Michele Bachmann
I’ve grown up putting my suitcase down, making new friends, and then having to pick it up again, like ‘Let’s move him to another foster home in six months’ time.’ Goldie
We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. Marian Wright Edelman
Design is a powerful factor in communication between disciplines and stakeholders and can transform knowledge into creative, human-oriented solutions that can promote companies’ and countries’ competitive ability and foster innovation and growth. Jens Martin Skibsted
Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership. Daley Thompson
The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy – the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities – which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means. Ronald Reagan
All my foster homes were very good to me. But it’s still not a very nice experience. It’s only when you’re older, you realise: we were on our own in there. As kids, you don’t know what’s happening. You’re here. Then you’re in the next house. But the families were all very good to us. Barry Keoghan
Large parties given to very young children… foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child. Susanna Moodie
My father worked for IBM. My mother raised us kids. There were six of us, and a couple of extra foster kids at any given time. Steve Coogan
I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. Gregory Corso
Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime. Charles Bass
I believe that Attorney Fortuno has some styles that it seems to me are going to foster dialogue and good communication, and I hope I am not mistaken. Anibal Acevedo Vila
Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing. Joe Shuster
The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn’t a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place. Matthew Sweet
We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements. George Pierce Baker
Many traditional religions foster attitudes that ought to have disappeared as biological understanding accumulated over the last century. George C. Williams
We want to obviously foster a relationship that we’re a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we’re practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they’re talking about. Margaret Spellings
When I think of those in the ‘far right’ or those who are pro-life to the extreme and at all costs protect the unborn, the thing that enrages me is you want to ask every one of them, ‘How many foster children are in your home now?’ Ann Dowd
Physically robust infrastructure is not enough if it fails to foster a healthy community; ultimately, all infrastructure is social. Pete Buttigieg
Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation. Russell M. Nelson
All relationships change the brain – but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits that shape memories, emotions and that ultimate souvenir, the self. Diane Ackerman
We must get government out of the way and help foster an environment where small businesses are free to grow and create jobs. Sam Graves
Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses. Daniel Goleman
I saw Al Foster with Miles Davis the other week. It was beautiful. But, the whole thing was, Al Foster played as well as everybody else, but all of them were quite brilliant under Miles Davis’ direction. Charlie Watts
I’m going to try and model myself after Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster. Haley Joel Osment
We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues. Betsy DeVos
Everyone always says, ‘Kristen got ‘Panic Room’ because she looks like Jodie Foster.’ But it was actually Nicole Kidman who was supposed to play my mother. Kristen Stewart
Children are my pet cause. I have a foster child in El Salvador, and whenever I’m home, I work for the Adam Walsh Foundation, which finds missing children. I also do some hospital visits and other things for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Jane Badler
More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care. Richard Neal
It’s – I mean, the Olympics, what is it? It’s an international competition to foster friendship and – and competition across – across the planet, and I think that’s exactly what the International Space Station is. Sunita Williams
I founded Camellia Network with my dear friend Isis Dallis Keigwin. The mission of our organization is to create a national network that connects every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood. Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Yet we have learned from the Scottish independence vote and with Brexit what referendums do to our politics. They foster bitter divisions in ways that parliamentary elections tend not to do. Owen Jones
Even Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, could see God. No doubt, in her silent darkness, every fragrant flower, every ray of the warm sun, every taste that touched her tongue told her that there was a God who created all things. Jodie Foster shouldn’t therefore be surprised that people are surprised that she’s an atheist. Ray Comfort
I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors – or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors. Wentworth Miller
There’s no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there’s such an incredible well of talent and capital and resources. The whole system is set up to foster the creation of new companies. Elon Musk
I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and – at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together – that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world. Tammy Duckworth
Coming from where I came from, being a foster youth… like, living in all those different homes… I am glad I had those experiences because now, when I perform, I can come from a place of reality: I know how different people live. Tiffany Haddish
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. Wendell Berry
We need a new generation of leaders who will promote policies that will foster economic growth and alleviate the middle class squeeze, defend America’s national security against those who threaten our people, reform the culture of Washington, D.C., and reassert the constitutional principles that make our country unique. Ron DeSantis
The studios don’t seem to foster good writing. They’re not so interested in that, but they’re more interested in what worked most recently. They’re definitely very serious about making money, and that’s not a wrong thing, but you don’t have to make money the same way all the time. Bill Murray
If I could teach people to be grateful, we could have an amazing world where negativity could not grow and foster, and children would have a smile on their face. Catriona Gray
My foster mother wanted to create a family home. For me, she had made a place that I felt I could always go back to, and that was what she was trying to do for these kids. Lennie James
I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes. Joel Gretsch
Crisis and pressure help foster change – that’s why I’m not so pessimistic towards crises. Wolfgang Schauble
I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I’m just trying to earn a living. So buy this book – or my kids will have to go to foster care. Christopher Darden
A great foster parent can end the cycle of abuse and neglect, and impact not just the foster child’s life, but also that child’s future children’s lives, the lives of people who would otherwise be victims of a lost foster child’s crimes, and help end human trafficking and homelessness. Jen Lilley
From my foster parents, the Deans, I received the love that was ultimately to strengthen me, even when I had forgotten its source. It was my foster mother, a half-Indian, half-German woman, who taught me to read, though she herself was barely literate. I remember her reading to me every day from ‘True Romance’ magazine. Walter Dean Myers
If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters. Helen Clark
Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries – not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well. Olympia Snowe
Like people, when companies work to foster a culture of collaboration, communication becomes second nature. Doug McMillon
Nurturing an inclusive culture begins in the family. Home is the first place to foster openness and a culture of inclusion. Alain Dehaze
I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he’s made of sugar. George Saunders
Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I’d sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn’t miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either. Marilyn Monroe
Human security recognizes the importance of individuals and that the key to ensuring growth in developing countries is to foster individual talent and abilities, build self-reliance, and put people in a position to make a broader contribution to society. Growth must be inclusive, and no one must be left behind. Shinzo Abe
State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21. Charles Bass
The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral – whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love? I want to foster eulogy virtues when I’m in a yoga class or meditation session or any spiritual gathering. Especially if I’m lying in corpse pose. It just makes sense. Maggie Rowe
The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life. George Wald
As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation. Dennis Cardoza
Leadership that exploits and sacrifices young people on the altar of its goals is nothing more than raw, demonic power. Genuine leadership is found in ceaseless efforts to foster young people, to pave the way forward for them. Daisaku Ikeda
Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse. Mary Garden
In order to sharpen its prediction skills, our brains constantly build models, or ‘templates,’ of the world. The better the template, the better the performance. And now we know playing action video game actually fosters better templates. Daphne Bavelier
I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years. Michele Bachmann
Foster care was a big part of my life. Barry Keoghan
Natalie Portman is one of my favorites, and Jodie Foster. Those two are amazing actresses. Alexa Vega
Shouldn’t a great museum foster serious seeing before all else? Mark Stevens
One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. Joseph Campbell
I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices. Franz Liszt
The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone. Karen Salmansohn
Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. Robert Louis Stevenson
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. Wendell Berry
This guy Simon Helberg, who’s in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins,’ I might have been vaguely patronizing to him because he hadn’t done films before. Gradually, you realize, not only is the guy a much bigger star than me, he’s maybe the richest man I’ve ever met. Hugh Grant
The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it. Cyril Falls
In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster ‘comprehension.’ Walter Kirn
We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset. Charles Sturt
I feel that women – without wishing to foster any strict separatist notions, homo or hetero – indeed have a need for their own publications and organizations. Our problems, our experiences as women are profoundly unique as compared to the other half of the human race. Lorraine Hansberry
