Quotes About Persistence

work harder, seek help, and try to catch up.

even when you think you're not good at something, you can still plunge into it wholeheartedly and stick to it. Actually, sometimes you plunge into something because you're not good at it. This is a wonderful feature of the growth mindset. You don't have to think you're already great at something to want to do it and to enjoy doing it.

Somebodies are not determined by whether they won or lost. Somebodies are people who go for it with all they have.

Every lapse doesn't spell doom. It's like anything else in the growth mindset. It's a reminder that you're an unfinished human being and a clue to how to do it better next time.

If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, seek new strategies, and keep on learning.

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

Of course, after the creative act no one cared about follow-through. That was beneath them.

But as you can imagine, their confidence is more fragile since setbacks and even effort can undermine it.

Some let everything slide. Others, though feeling wretched, hang on. They drag themselves to class, keep up with their work, and take care of themselves—so that when they feel better, their lives are intact.

Not only weren't they discouraged by failure, they didn't even think they were failing. They thought they were learning

think intelligence is something you have to work for . . . it isn't just given to you. . . . Most kids, if they're not sure of an answer, will not raise their hand to answer the question. But what I usually do is raise my hand, because if I'm wrong, then my mistake will be corrected. Or I will raise my hand and say, 'How would this be solved?' or 'I don't get this. Can you help me?' Just by doing that I'm increasing my intelligence.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained" and "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" or "Rome wasn't built in a day.

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better." He

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" or "Rome wasn't built in a day.

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?

Somebodies are people who go for it with all they have.

They knew that human qualities, such as intellectual skills, could be cultivated. And that's what they were doing—getting smarter. Not only weren't they discouraged by failure, they didn't even think they were failing. They thought they were learning.

Lo que quiero decir es que incluso cuando piensas que algo no se te da bien, todavía puedes meterte de lleno en ello con entusiasmo y mantenerlo. En realidad, si te sumerges de cabeza en algo es porque no lo dominas. Esto es un rasgo maravilloso de la mentalidad de crecimiento: no tienes que pensar que ya eres excelente en algo que quieras hacer y que disfrutas haciendo.

This is a wonderful feature of the growth mindset. You don't have to think you're already great at something to want to do it and to enjoy doing it.

Y yo no me voy a rendir; no voy a dejar que te rindas. Si te quedas sentado apoyándote contra la pared todo el día, acabarás por apoyarte en algo o en alguien toda tu vida. Y la genialidad que hay en ti se irá a la basura.

They forget the yet. Isn't that what school is for, to teach? They're there to learn how to do these things, not because they already know everything.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives. A

It's a lot more difficult for me than I thought it would be, but it's what I want to do, so that only makes me more determined. When they tell me I can't, it really gets me going.' Challenge and interest went hand in hand.