Carol S. Dweck Quotes

One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow.

If you're passionate about something, you can develop the abilities.

You don't know what your abilities are until you make a full commitment to developing them.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

It's very hard to remain a student in life.

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Every actor must go through the process of learning and not just be in a hurry to become famous. They should learn to live in small amounts and not to try and copy others.

I'm still growing each and every day. I'm trying to become a better person, a better player and an all-time better QB.

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

My calculus teacher would send me home every weekend with 400 problems to solve. At the time, I felt it was so strict and demanding, but now I realize that the workload instilled in me a sense of discipline, and showed me that even if I wasn't inherently skilled at something, I could be, with enough dedication and practice.

If you have enough ambition, you can create talent!

I surround myself with guys who are pretty successful, good people, and I think the two biggest influences in my life lately have been Tim Tebow and Ryron Gracie.

My life has always been about making certain I accrue the skills necessary to make my ambitions real.

You learn a lot as a coach when you sit back and tell someone what to do, and then you realize, 'Hey, I need to start doing that myself.' I think coaching can improve a fighter's game tremendously.

I've been in this sport only four years, and I know that I'll keep learning and improving.

I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis.

It really shaped me as a person going to DeMatha. Anyone that plays athletics or does music or does whatever, it teaches them to work to the best of their abilities.

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.

No one is going to give it to you. Spend everyday getting better and focus on that which you can control, let everything else fall into place. You can't stay focused on what you can get from success, but rather focus on becoming successful!

It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has no substitute.

If you work on your talent, the plans will fall in automatically.

To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break.