Carol S. Dweck (1946-)

Carol S. Dweck quotes

• Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.

  Carol S. Dweck

• John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you aren’t a failure until you start to blame. What he means is that you can still be in the process of learning from your mistakes until you deny them.

  Carol S. Dweck

• No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

  Carol S. 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 S. Dweck

• Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.

  Carol S. Dweck

• Champions are relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.

  Carol S. Dweck

• Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance. . .If success means they’re smart, then failure means they’re dumb. that’s the fixed mindset.

  Carol S. Dweck

• Growth mindset teachers tell students the truth and then give them the tools to close the gap.

  Carol S. Dweck

• Mindsets frame the running account that’s taking place in people’s heads. They guide the whole interpretation process.

  Carol S. Dweck

• Genius is not enough; we need to get the job done.

  Carol S. Dweck

• What if you could break the chain of limiting thoughts about who you are and all you could be?

  Carol S. Dweck

• Mindsets are an important part of your personality, but you can change them. Just by knowing about the two mindsets, you can start thinking and reacting in new ways.

  Carol S. Dweck

• In fact, every word and action can send a message. It tells children — or students, or athletes — how to think about themselves.

  Carol S. Dweck