"Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't."

-- Amy Chua

#Children Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes

“Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.”
“...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.”

Source : Paul Farmer (2004). “Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor”, p.157, Univ of California Press
“All women are wonders because they reduce all men to the obvious.”

Source : "Fictional character: Eels". "Out of the Past", 1947.
“It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.”
“Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it.”
“The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting.”
“Education and the process of educating is a total integral, contextual situation which includes students, teachers, parents, administration and environment.”
“Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.”

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