44 Quotes About Tough-love

... Sometimes you must seem to hurt something in order to do good for it.

It quickly became apparent that to Mr. K, there was no such thing as an untalented kid—just a kid who didn’t work hard enough. You are going to fix this problem, he said when he diag- nosed whatever was wrong, and there was never any question. Of course you would. It was just a matter of trying and trying and trying some more. He yelled not because we’d never learn, but because he was absolutely certain that we would.

...they grab you off the street without warning, sack over your head and into the back of a van. Variation on tough love, but incredible success rate...

You said you wanted the truth. Now what are you willing to do with it?

What parents need to teach their children is not how to keep from falling down but rather to understand that, no matter how many times they fall down, they can always get up again! Right! ...It's like that proverb! The one about the lion pushing his own cubs over the cliff to make them tough... Hey! I got it, Mayama!! Next time you see Yamada, drag her up to the roof and throw her over!That's not tough love, that's homicide!

Stop begging God to increase your territory when you can't even maintain the territory you already have. Work with what you got first.

Mal dragged the last few inches of the sword free of his flesh, wincing at the raw pain. She's stabbed him. She'd f**king pinned him to the wall like a bug. She'd fed from him and used his own blood and power against him. He hadn't seen that coming. He was both affronted by - and admiring of - her resourcefulness.

You realize that tough love is also tough on the lover.

If someone offers you 'tough love', run screaming for the door.