Juliette Lewis Quotes

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

I'm somebody who deserves to be supported and encouraged to continue my work because I have a lot to give.

I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.

I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.

We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be.

I want young girls to be inspired to love themselves and strive to follow their dreams no matter what.

When you're given a platform, and you're allowed to perform, and someone's there to heighten you as opposed to dampen you, that's a nice feeling.

It's hard for some parents to give their children compliments.

Hearing that you fit into someone's idea of a superhero is a huge confidence builder.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

I remember being seven and asking my mom if I was as pretty as Monique [my best friend in grade school]. And with all the love in the world, my mom looked at me and said, 'Oh, honey, you're so funny.' So, she doesn't lie to me...she answers the question by not answering and instead tells me what she thinks is my greatest strength.

Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power.

I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed, But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh.

I watch my daughter wanting to be like other kids and getting upset that she's not. But I always try and instill in her the idea that she's perfect as she is.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.

Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.

A lot of people need an infusion of confidence.

Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means “to make firm.” So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.

My father believed in me many times more than I believed in myself.

If you have people that totally support you and have your back, I feel like you have all the confidence in the world, and you believe that you can do things that most people can't achieve. I feel that's really important.

A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful

What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.

May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.