Quotes of Tough Love - somelinesforyou

“ Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. ”

- Anne Frank

“ If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent. ”

- Bette Davis

“ Parents must get across the idea that I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior. ”

- Amy Vanderbilt

“ It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. ”

- Frederick Douglass

“ Children learn more from what you are than what you teach. ”

- W.E.B. DuBois

“ Encourage and support your kids because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. ”

- Lady Bird Johnson

“ When we don’t allow others to suffer the consequences of their actions we cripple them emotionally. We deprive them of the ability to learn from their mistakes. We also take away their ability to overcome their problems and change their life for the better. ”

- Randi G Fine

“ If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be – enthusiasm. ”

- Bruce Barton

“ Loving a child doesn’t mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult. ”

- Nadia Boulanger

“ I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them. ”

- Jamal Lewis

“ A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. ”

- Frank A. Clark

“ Life is tough, my darling, but so are you. ”

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

“ You can’t stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it’s the best thing in the world. When you’re in a relationship and it’s good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete. ”

- Keith Sweat

“ It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone – but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. ”

- Johnny Depp

“ Love is a tough, ever hopeful thing, not easily destroyed. ”

- Kirby Wright

“ You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better then your dreams. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, but to be loved by the one you love is everything. ”

- Bill Russell

“ The world has already been too tough on her, the least she needs is tough love. Be tough when you need to be, but always be soft with her. She has thorns, but she is a flower. ”

- L. Figaro

“ There’s no changing your mind about whom you love. That’s part of the tough thing about being in love – it’s sort of undeniable. ”

- Piper Perabo

“ The worst thing you can do for love is deny it; so when you find that special someone, don’t let anyone or anything to get in your way. ”

- Brandi Snyder

“ Tough love is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else. ”

- Noam Chomsky

“ Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary. ”

- Oscar Wilde
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