Amy Chua Quotes

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.

I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldn't do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, 'Wow, they never told me no!'

I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.

I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.

When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than equal to what they thought I should be - my mother was on my side. It was amazing.

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me. It was more about what she did than what she said, and she made sure I was the best I could be.

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.'

My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.

I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

I didn't know how capable I was until the people around me in acting school would say I was good.

My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.

We are all anxious to be accepted. But if you have a strong mother and father who tell you that you don't have to dress a crazy way, or hang out with people who are looking for trouble in order to be loved and accepted, then half the battle is over.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.

Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could.

I believe in my kids 100 percent. When you have confidence in them, they have confidence in themselves.

I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.