Best tough & parent Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.”

Long Parent Tough Ideals Great Idea Happy Marriage

“I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.”

Thinking Children Self Seems Parent Differences Self Esteem Tough Concerned Assuming Western Esteem Behave Immigrants Fragility Psych Immigrant Parents

Author:Amy Chua

“My school was pretty much all African Americans, but it was still a little tough to be in because I didn't have a lot of money. And when I came back to my neighborhood, it was tough to fit in there, too, because I was wearing Catholic school clothes, and I had two parents, which was rare.”

Littles Stills Two School Parent Fit Clothes Tough Catholic African American Neighborhood Lots Of Money Catholic School

Author:Ryan Coogler

“She wasn't that tough on me, but I think she was often a little frightened - being a single parent. So it begets this quality of desired absoluteness that doesn't really exist. My sister could crack her up. She'd be getting into trouble and put the Steve Martin arrow through her head and mom would start to laugh. I didn't have the same sort of wiliness.”

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Author:Ashley Judd

“Everyone talks about how hard it is to have a kid, and that scares you into waiting. It obviously is tough [to be a parent], but when you feel that love, and it's instant, and it's so cool, so fun. When your baby smiles at you or when you just hold your baby, it's a pretty awesome feeling.”

Feels Hard Feelings Kids Fun Waiting Parent Baby Tough Instant Scare Baby Smile

Author:Clayton Kershaw

“My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as Im in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.”

Has Beens Stills Parent Decision Acting Worry Wise Proud Tough Profession Guarantees Tough Times

Author:David Harewood

“Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.”

Jobs Parent Tough Much Love Tough Love

Author:Christie Brinkley

“Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal responsibility, between life stage- managed by grown-ups and life privately held.”

Children Parent Responsibility Childhood Stage Tough Protection Maturity Adolescence Tough Times Personal Responsibility Parental Children And Parents

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“We have this misconception about women in the military, that they don't wear make-up, but in reality, they're very feminine women. You can be a tough woman, and still be a very nurturing and emotional parent. It's just not always black and white like that.”

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Author:Michelle Monaghan

“Sometimes to be a good parent... You have to laugh when you want to be angry. You have to be angry when you want to laugh. And that is why good parenting is tough.”

Want Sometimes Parent Laughing Tough Angry Good Parent Good Parenting

Author:Daniel Pearce

“My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.”

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Author:Bill Maher

“I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.”

People Kids Parent Grew Grew Up Tough

Author:John Darnielle

“There are a lot of people who go through a lot of tough things, and it doesn't stop them from wanting to be a better parent.”

People Parent Tough Tough Things

Author:Clive Owen

“Growing up, it was tough to balance, but looking back I appreciate my parents' efforts to make sure I was well-rounded.”

Wells Parent Effort Growing Up Growing Balance Tough Appreciate Looking Back Well Rounded

Author:P. K. Subban

“I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.”

Home Parent Tough Going Away Far Away

Author:Rachel Hurd-Wood

“I was a creative kid; I wasn't really into sports, and sports in the South are a pretty big deal. It's like a religion down there. It was tough to find my footing, but thankfully, my parents discovered, through a neighbor, this theater called Young Actors Theater and signed me up for the summer program. It really was a gift. Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do. I'm so thankful for that theater; it was a big gift to me.”

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Author:Tony Hale

“What it means to be a man is to take on all the emotional pain and work through what you got to work through with the people you love while at the same time getting your business done. And it's tough. I think that most children when they grow up they kind of realize that the things they didn't like about their parents or didn't understand about them they get now and that you know every year you get more responsibilities. You get more overhead. You get more things you got to take care off.”

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Author:John Buffalo Mailer

“I had a tough childhood, yes. I was born in rural Bangladesh to parents who had had no education beyond high school. We moved to the UK where I grew up in poverty, in some of the worst conditions in a developed economy, before moving to the projects - heaven - and I went to unremarkable schools before going to university. My father was a bus conductor first and then a waiter, and my mother a seamstress.”

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Author:Zia Haider Rahman

“These days with our economy changing so much, there's not as much TV being made and there's a lot more reality these days, and not as many films being made. I find a lot of my friends who have been acting their whole lives having a hard time finding jobs these days. It's a tough time right now for everybody, which is why I feel very fortunate to have a great job right now. But if acting is something that you're extremely passionate about, I think you should always follow your heart and always follow your dreams. My parents taught me that at a young age and I think it's so true.”

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Author:Tiffani Thiessen

“Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.”

Kids Parent Water Hurt Economic Drink Cost Tough Extras Vegetables Saving Money Eliminating Soda Small Changes Tough Economic Times

Author:Michelle Obama

“It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.”

Parent Comedy Blessing Tough Auditions

Author:Ben Stiller

“Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”

Ifs Love Needs Children Parent Discipline Tough Caring Symbols Hated Your Children Guidance

Book:The lonely life: an autobiography

Source: The lonely life: an autobiography

“The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.”

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Author:George W. Bush

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