Top 99 Tough Love Quotes For Parents

When it comes to parenting, tough love can be necessary for a child’s growth and development. Here are 99 quotes to inspire parents to show tough love:

1. “It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” – Ann Landers
2. “Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up.” – Jillian Michaels
3. “The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as an excellent role model.” – Zig Ziglar
4. “If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.” – Abigail Van Buren
5. “The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.” – Jim Stovall
6. “The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” – Orlando Aloysius Battista
7. “Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” – Robert A. Heinlein
8. “A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” – Billy Graham
9. “A child who is not disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined without love by the big world.” – Dr. Leonard Sax
10. “Being a parent is not about what you give up to have a child, but what you gain from having one.” – Sunny Gupta
11. “Children who are not shown unconditional love and support in childhood are more likely to struggle with mental health issues as adults.” – Karen Young
12. “Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth.” – T.F. Hodge
13. “Raising a child is like planting a tree, you need to give it the right environment to grow.” – Anonymous
14. “Your children need your presence more than your presents.” – Jesse Jackson
15. “The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.” – John Wooden
16. “Children don’t need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them.” – Bruce Perry
17. “Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about and the hardest thing in the world to do.” – Matt Walsh
18. “The best way to teach your kids about taxes is to eat 30% of their ice cream.” – Bill Murray
19. “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.” – Billy Graham
20. “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” – Oscar Wilde
21. “Good parents give their children roots and wings: roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what’s been taught them.” – Jonas Salk
22. “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” – Roger Lewin
23. “In raising children, we need to continuously keep in mind how we can best create the most favorable environment for their immanent development as human beings.” – Daisaku Ikeda
24. “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
25. “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.” – Dorothy Parker
26. “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” – Jess Lair
27. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” – Peggy O’Mara
28. “The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Theodore Hesburgh
29. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” – Peggy O’Mara
30. “Children need models more than they need critics.” – Joseph Joubert
31. “A child’s self-esteem is a reflection of the positive or negative messages they receive from their parents.” – Anonymous
32. “The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.” – John Wooden
33. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
34. “Children need to know that they are loved unconditionally by their parents.” – Anonymous
35. “Raising a child is like painting a picture, it requires patience, time, and love.” – Anonymous
36. “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” – Oscar Wilde
37. “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” – Jess Lair
38. “The most valuable gift you can give your children is not money or material possessions, but the gift of your time and attention.” – Anonymous
39. “Children need to know that they are loved unconditionally by their parents.” – Anonymous
40. “Parenting is a journey that takes a lifetime.” – Anonymous
41. “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
42. “The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Theodore Hesburgh
43. “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass
44. “The true test of a parent is not how their child turns out, but how they turn out as a parent.” – Anonymous
45. “A parent’s love is whole no matter how many times divided.” – Robert Brault
46. “A parent’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty
47. “A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” – Billy Graham
48. “The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” – Orlando Aloysius Battista
49. “The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as an excellent role model.” – Zig Ziglar
50. “The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.” – Jim Stovall
51. “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass
52. “Children need models more than they need critics.” – Joseph Joubert
53. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
54. “Good parents give their children roots and wings: roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what’s been taught them.” – Jonas Salk
55. “The most valuable gift you can give your children is not money or material possessions, but the gift of your time and attention.” – Anonymous
56. “The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” – Peggy O’Mara
57. “Raising a child is like painting a picture, it requires patience, time, and love.” – Anonymous
58. “A child’s self-esteem is a reflection of the positive or negative messages they receive from their parents.” – Anonymous
59. “Children need to know that they are loved unconditionally by their parents.” – Anonymous
60. “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” – Oscar Wilde
61. “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” – Jess Lair
62. “The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Theodore Hesburgh
63. “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
64. “Parenting is a journey that takes a lifetime.” – Anonymous
65. “The true test of a parent is not how their child turns out, but how they turn out as a parent.” – Anonymous
66. “A parent’s love is whole no matter how many times divided.” – Robert Brault
67. “A parent’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty
68. “It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” – Ann Landers
69. “Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up.” – Jillian Michaels