List of Amy Chua Quotes

The Most Successful Hyperpowers Are The Ones Where There Was Actual Intermixing. Tang Dynasty China Was Chinas Golden Age, And Contrary To What I Was Told When I Was Growing Up, Tang China Was Founded By A Man Who By Todays Standards Was No More Than Half Chinese. It Was A Mixed-blood Dynasty That Pulled In "barbarians" From The Steppe.

Parenting Cannot Just Be One Size Fits All.

Oddly Enough, I'm Not A Particularly Judgmental Person. I Just Don't Have A Lot Of Filtering When I'm In 'tiger Mother' Mode. I Say What Comes Into My Head.

I'm A Proud Strict Mom And, You Know, I'm Really Proud Of The Two Daughters I've Raised. And I'm Especially Proud Of My Relationship With Them. We're Very Close. I Think We're Good Friends.

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.

I'm Suggesting That, Ironically, The Secret To Becoming A World 'hyperpower' Is Tolerance. If You Look At History, You See Great Powers Being Very Tolerant In Their Rise To Global Dominance.

Once You Get To The Enlightenment, The Way That Powers Get To Be Hyperpowers Isn't Just By Conquest. It's Through Commerce And Innovation. Societies Like The Dutch Republic And The United States Used Tolerance To Become A Magnet For Enterprising Immigrants.

The Chinese Model Calls For Giving Your Kids Very Little Choice - And I've Come To See That You Can Go Too Far With That. On The Other Hand, I Also Believe That Western Parents Sometimes Give Their Young Kids Too Much Choice.

Everything I've Ever Done That's Valuable Is Something I Was Afraid To Try.

You Can't Invent Google, Facebook Or The Ipod Unless You've Mastered The Basics, Are Willing To Put In Long Hours And Can Pick Yourself Up From The Floor When Life Knocks You Down The First 10 Times.

You Know, Parenting Is So Personal. And We're All Afraid That We Didn't Quite Get It Right. And It Feels Like The Stakes Are So High. By We - What If We Made A Mistake?

Nothing Is Fun Until You're Good At It.