Our page devoted to Carol Dweck quotes! Carol Dweck is a pioneering researcher in the field of psychology, and her work has had a major influence on education, motivation and success. Her work focuses on the role of mindset in achieving success and her concept of fixed and growth mindsets has become an international phenomenon. Here, we have collected some of her most inspiring and thought-provoking quotes that will help you to motivate yourself and others.
Carol Dweck Mindset Quotes
💠“A no-effort relationship is a doomed relationship, not a great relationship. It takes work to communicate accurately and it takes work to expose and resolve conflicting hopes and beliefs. It doesn’t mean there is no “they lived happily ever after,” but it’s more like “they worked happily ever after.”
💠“As growth-minded leaders, they start with a belief in human potential and development—both their own and other people’s. Instead of using the company as a vehicle for their greatness, they use it as an engine of growth—for themselves, the employees, and the company as a whole.”
💠“Becoming is better than being.”
“Character, the sportswriters said. They know it when they see it—it’s the ability to dig down and find the strength even when things are going against you.”
💠“If you don’t give anything, don’t expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.”
💠“Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.”
💠“In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail—or if you’re not the best—it’s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome . They’re tackling problems, charting new courses, working on important issues. Maybe they haven’t found the cure for cancer, but the search was deeply meaningful.”
💠“Is there something you’ve always wanted to do but were afraid you weren’t good at? Make a plan to do it.”
💠“Many growth-minded people didn’t even plan to go to the top. They got there as a result of doing what they love. It’s ironic: The top is where the fixed-mindset people hunger to be, but it’s where many growth-minded people arrive as a by-product of their enthusiasm for what they do.”
💠“Many of the most accomplished people of our era were considered by experts to have no future. Jackson Pollock, Marcel Proust, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Lucille Ball, and Charles Darwin were all thought to have little potential for their chosen fields.”
💠“Mindset change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there. It’s about seeing things in a new way. When people…change to a growth mindset, they change from a judge-and-be-judged framework to a learn-and-help-learn framework. Their commitment is to growth, and growth take plenty of time, effort, and mutual support.”
💠“Mindsets are just beliefs. They’re powerful beliefs, but they’re just something in your mind, and you can change your mind.”
💠“Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.”
💠“Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.”
💠“Success is about being your best self, not about being better than others; failure is an opportunity, not a condemnation; effort is the key to success.”
💠“The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
💠“The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.”
💠“The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.”
💠“True self-confidence is “the courage to be open—to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source.”
💠“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.”
💠“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?”
💠“You don’t know what your abilities are until you make a full commitment to developing them.”
💠“You try something, it doesn’t work, and maybe people even criticize you. In a fixed mindset, you say, ‘I tried this, it’s over.’ In a growth mindset, you look for what you’ve learned.”
Carol Dweck quotes about students, children, and growth
💠“A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.”
“A growth mindset is belief you can develop abilities. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Becoming is better than being.”
💠“Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.”
💠“Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.”
💠“I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.”
💠“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.”
💠“Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.”
💠“In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.”
💠“Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn’t mean that others can’t do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.”
💠“More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and dynamic thing that changes over the life span and is shaped by experience.”
💠“Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.
So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly?
💠“Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!
💠“Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.”
💠“Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don’t tell you where a student could end up.”
💠“The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.”
💠“The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner’s development and have them encourage yours.”
💠“This is hard. This is fun.”
💠“This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail — or if you’re not the best — it’s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome.”
💠“Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.”
💠“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.”
💠“What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I’m in this situation?”
💠“What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?”
💠“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.”
💠“Wow, that’s a really good score. You must have worked really hard.”
💠“You have to work hardest for the things you love most. – Carol Dweck”
💠“You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Your failures and misfortunes don’t threaten other people. . .It’s your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.”
Carol Dweck Quotes
“Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates. – Carol Dweck”
💠“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn’t mean that others can’t do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training. – Carol Dweck”
💠“So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from! – Carol Dweck”
💠“The whole point of marriage is to encourage your partner’s development and have them encourage yours. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes, and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan. – Carol Dweck”
💠“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary. – Carol Dweck”
💠“What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today? – Carol Dweck”
💠“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are when you could get better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek the tried and true instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Your failures and misfortunes don’t threaten other people. . . It’s your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior. – Carol Dweck
Carol Dweck quotes about effort, winning and losing, and” improvement
“Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.”
💠“Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.”
💠“I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.’ – Carol Dweck”
💠“I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could. – Carol Dweck”
💠“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.”
💠“Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.”
💠“No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.”
💠“The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
💠“When people already know they’re deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying. – Carol Dweck”
Uplifting Carol Dweck quotes
💠“Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ‘This didn’t work, I’m a problem solver, and I’ll try something else.’ – Carol Dweck”
💠“No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don’t tell you where a student could end up. – Carol Dweck”
Carol Dweck quotes about working hard, success, and failure
💠“Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Character, heart, the mind of a champion. It’s what makes great athletes and it’s what comes from the growth mindset with its focus on self-development, self-motivation, and responsibility. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Even in the growth mindset, failure can be a painful experience. But it doesn’t define you. It’s a problem to be faced, dealt with, and learned from. – Carol Dweck”
More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and dynamic thing that changes over the lifespan and is shaped by experience. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Only people with a growth mindset paid close attention to information that could stretch their knowledge. Only for them was learning a priority. – Carol Dweck”
💠“The other thing exceptional people seem to have is a special talent for converting life’s setbacks into future successes. – Carol Dweck”
💠“The students with growth mindset completely took charge of their learning and motivation. – Carol Dweck”
💠“Those with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They’re informative. They’re a wakeup call. – Carol Dweck”
Inspirational and Motivational Carol Dweck quotes
💠“The mindset ideas were developed as a counter to the self-esteem movement of blanketing everyone with praise, whether deserved or not.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can still be things that trigger you into a fixed mindset trait.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you’re not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn’t need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“This knowledge that you might have to really reorganize and redefine yourself and build new skills is really important.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“Unproductive effort is never a good thing.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“With a fixed mindset, you’re so worried about how smart or talented you are, you don’t take on challenges. You don’t try new things.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“You can’t just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard.” — Carol S. Dweck”
💠“You don’t know what your abilities are until you make a full commitment to developing them.” — Carol S. Dweck”
Carol S. Dweck Quotes About Challenges
💠“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.”
💠“In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.”
💠“Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.”
💠“The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
💠“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.”
Carol S. Dweck Quotes About Mistakes
💠“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.”
💠“The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
💠“What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?”
Carol S. Dweck Quotes About Praise
💠“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.”
“Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.”
💠“So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops.
💠“I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!”
💠“The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.”
Verdict
Carol Dweck Quotes offer a powerful insight into the power of the human mind and its potential. Her words help to remind us that with hard work and a growth mindset, we can achieve anything. Her advice is invaluable, and should be taken to heart by anyone looking to make a positive change in their life.