Carol S. Dweck Quotes

When I was in graduate school, I became very interested in why some kids took on challenges and were able to bounce back from setbacks whereas others shy away from difficulty and really crumble when they hit failures. I became fascinated with people who had that kind of courage to take on challenges.

I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.

It's been a long road. I've been cut, I've been all over the place, but my mentality has never changed.

I open 'Mindset' with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges.

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.

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.

Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up.

I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give up once, it's quite hard. If you give up a second time, it's a little bit easier. Give up a third time, it's starting to become a habit.

I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection.

Failing well is a skill. Letting girls do it gives them critical practice coping with a negative experience. It also gives them the opportunity to develop a kind of confidence and resilience that can only be forged in times of challenge.

When you have someone better ahead of you, you accept it and try to turn the situation around.

I'm someone who likes to respond to a challenge. I never give up or stop trying, even if things were a little bit more difficult at the beginning.

Dont give up. Obstacles can be overcome through strategy and learning.

The difference between people who succeed and people who fail, I think in many cases it’s not fear. Everyone experiences fear. The difference is what do you do with your fear. Do you work to overcome it or do you let it defeat you? And I think that is actually what distinguishes very successful people from others.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

The bigger your obstacle, the bigger your future. Don't get discouraged, keep moving forward.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.

The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.

Failure makes me work even harder.

Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for!

Success often lies just the other side of failure.