Quotes for Mindset

We're all trained as actors to approach our characters with no prejudice, and take on the mindset and the spirit of the character in a way that allows the vulnerability and the truth to come out naturally.

Rob Morgan

'Try Again' - every time I hear that song, it just brings a smile to your face. When you're feeling like crap, and you hear, 'Dust yourself off and try again,' it kind of just puts you in a different mindset, 100 percent.

Alexandra Shipp

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

Sara Blakely

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

If you can build a muscle, you can build a mindset.

Jay Shetty

Since childhood, my mind was wired like that. My mindset was I want to be a businessman.

Zaza Pachulia

If you work hard, have the right mindset, right intentions, things will fall into place.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

Reid Hoffman

If you are determined in your life, it is only the mindset that counts which is more important than questions like if I can do or cannot do.

Sudha Murty

Creating organizations that value a growth mindset can create contexts in which more people grow into the knowledgeable, visionary, and responsible leaders we need.

Carol S. Dweck

We found that process praise predicted the child's mindset and desire for challenge five years later.

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

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

Curt Schilling

Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges.

Wendy Kopp

When entire companies embrace a growth mindset, their employees report feeling far more empowered and committed; they also receive far greater organizational support for collaboration and innovation.

Carol S. Dweck

With a growth mindset, kids don't necessarily think that there's no such thing as talent or that everyone is the same, but they believe everyone can develop their abilities through hard work, strategies, and lots of help and mentoring from others.

Carol S. Dweck

As the growth mindset has become more popular and taken hold, we are beginning to find that there are pitfalls. Many educators misunderstand or misapply the concepts.

Carol S. Dweck

When someone endorses a fixed mindset, it can limit them, even if they're successful at the moment, because if they start struggling and tumbling, they can lose their confidence, but also, they may not create a growth mindset environment for others.

Carol S. Dweck

I grew up in an environment that promoted a very fixed mindset. It was an era that worshipped IQ and thought that your IQ was the most important thing in determining your future. My sixth-grade teacher even seated us around the room in IQ order.

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