Ellen Muth Quotes

Maybe the worst thing is not caring what people think. That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life.

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

I was the one that in a very overconfident immigrant way thought I knew exactly how to raise my kids. My husband was much more typical. He had a lot of anxiety; he didn't think he knew all the right choices. And, I was the one willing to put in the hours.

But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother.

My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.

You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you're not making a mistake and you're not a fool. And this means you have to have faith.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

Learn to bet on yourself and have confidence in your own decisions. No one knows your business better than you.

My parents gave me the gift of love and support. They told me never to question what my heart wanted and to be proud of who I was as an individual.

Rejection doesn't always mean I'm not good enough.

Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given an enormous amount of confidence by my parents.

I got lucky with my parents. They were unfailingly loving and supportive, which gave me confidence about my place in the world.

My advice for parents is to support your children, make sure they are having fun. Support them and be there for them. Give them encouragement and make it a life lesson that along the way they are learning to make good decisions and do the right thing.

I was confident in my ability. It's why I decided to walk on to a bigger school, in the Big 12: because I was confident in myself.

It doesn't matter what a family looks like as long as you get the love, support and encouragement to be whatever you want to be and do great things in life.

I've just learned how to put things into perspective and how to not be afraid of change while making decisions for myself. Also, asking for what I want and demanding what I need and being more confident in who I am and my ability.

I realized I deserve to be happy and have all the things I want in life. It might be scary and outside the norm of what everybody else does, but I need to just go for it.

If you don't trust yourself, you won't trust others. You make a choice and see where it goes.