71 Quotes About Asian-american

I am an Asian goddess! I love myself and show others they can love themselves as well.

Seeing their parents' struggles, Asian American children tend to feel very obligated and motivated to live up to their parents' expectations. I think that's also why Asian American second-generation Christians can be so fervent in their faith. They understand God's sacrifice in deep, personal ways because they have family models of this self-giving.

Try being an indie author, a minority author, a woman, and a person with health issues in the world of traditional - that's where you are clearly 'different' and marginalized. I am all of that, yet I am still here and smiling. Life is good!

If you want to take pictures of Chinese food, you have to taste real Chinese food. The flavors soak into your tongue, go into your stomach. The stomach is where your true feelings are. And if you take photos, these true feelings from your stomach can come out, so that everyone can taste the food just by looking at your pictures.

Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after glass of it, eager not for drink but for a bit of talk.

We have the same dirt under our shoes as they do.

I scold the worries away. As Ma likes to say, you cannot control the wind, but you can control your sails.

Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.

I may have no notion of what's in the beans for me now, with everything upside down and sideways. But one thing I know is that I belong in this moment.