Carol S. Dweck Quotes

There is a long history of research showing that people are overconfident about their abilities. But it turns out that people in general are not overconfident about their abilities; people with a fixed mindset are overconfident.

Carol S. Dweck

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HistoryPeopleResearchMindsetLong

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

Andrew Mason

MyselfKeep GoingLearnKeepGoing

The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki.

Robert Gottlieb

GreatLadyBeenFinestOften

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

Jeb Bush

GreatLawBorderSecurityNeedRule

People offer me loads of stuff, and some of it I like, but I just can't do it because I can't write it all. So I might get in the position where I have some sort of company and just write maybe the first episode, but these are love projects, in a way.

Michael Hirst

LovePeopleMeWayWriteFirst

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Stephen Fry

LibraryHardOriginalMustIdeaToo

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

Robert Trout

FearDoingToo MuchMoreLittle

I have a showroom where we experiment with twelve cakes. We develop sketches and ideas for cakes for the next season. We work with the top fashion designers to see what type of lace they are using or work with the top florist for us to be able to make various sugar roses or flowers.

Ron Ben-Israel

WorkFlowersIdeasFashionRoses

A huge part of youth is how you behave: I'm always looking for fun and anything that makes me feel alive - that in itself keeps me feeling young.

Martine McCutcheon

FunMeYouthLookingFeelYou

I always seem drawn to people who need help, and I've needed help, too. I've had to learn to love myself.

Judy Carne

LoveMyselfPeopleLearnHelpNeed

I had started teaching because I love brainteasers. At some point, I had taken every standardized test out there - the SATs, the GREs, the GMATs, the MCATs. I just took them for fun.

Jose Ferreira

LoveFunTestStandardizedOutJust

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.

Dora Russell

InnovationChildrenGreatSchool

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

Clifford Geertz

ThinkYouFoxTryAlwaysEverything

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