"I worry that by losing my temper so……" — Amy Chua
"I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that."
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76 Quotes by Amy Chua
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A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But,…
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Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded…
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Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good…
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I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too…
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Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal…
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I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me…
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To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of…
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I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that…
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Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our…
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
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Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think…
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Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
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Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
— Mary Kay Ash
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On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted…
— John James Audubon
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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe…
— Marcus Aurelius
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There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class…
— Alfred Austin
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Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for…
— Honore de Balzac
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From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the…
— Tyra Banks
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It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love…
— Drew Barrymore
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All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web…
— Mario Batali
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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an…
— Martha Beck
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I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do…
— Adele
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