Quotes About Dedication

Now consider the idea that they just used better strategies, taught themselves more, practiced harder, and worked their way through obstacles. You can do that, too, if you want to.

Some of the world's best athletes didn't start out being that hot. If you have a passion for a sport, put in the effort and see.

Babe Ruth rose like a rocket." Through discipline. He also loved to practice.

the major factor in whether people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.

We as educators must take seriously our responsibility to create growth-mindset-friendly environments - where kids feel safe from judgement, where they understand that we believe in their potential to grow, and where they know that we are totally dedicated to collaborating with them on their learning. We are in the business of helping kids thrive, not finding reasons why they can't.

George Dantzig was a graduate student in math at Berkeley. One day, as usual, he rushed in late to his math class and quickly copied the two homework problems from the blackboard. When he later went to do them, he found them very difficult, and it took him several days of hard work to crack them open and solve them. They turned out not to be homework problems at all. They were two famous math problems that had never been solved.

Many growth-minded people didn't even plan to go to the top They got there as a result of doing what they love. It's ironic: The top is where the fixed-mindset people hunger to be, but it's where many growth-minded people arrive as a by-product of their enthusiasm for what they do.

I think intelligence is something you have to work for … it isn't just given to you….

they believe that a person's true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it's impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training.

There is no magic here. Mrs. Collins is no miracle worker. I do not walk on water, I do not part the sea. I just love children and work harder than a lot of people, and so will you.

Was it Mozart's musical ability or the fact that he worked till his hands were deformed? Was

Only their continued motivation and commitment, along with their network of support, took them to the top.

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.

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

training, and personal effort take them the rest of the way. Robert Sternberg, the present-day guru of intelligence, writes that the major factor in whether people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.

título, en él argumenta que la creatividad no es un acto mágico de inspiración, sino el resultado de mucho trabajo y entrega, hasta para Mozart.

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.

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

If you work hard at something, you get out what you put in.

There are many myths about ability and achievement, especially about the lone, brilliant person suddenly producing amazing things. Yet Darwin's masterwork, The Origin of Species, took years of teamwork in the field, hundreds of discussions with colleagues and mentors, several preliminary drafts, and half a lifetime of dedication before it reached fruition.

Some might attribute my transformation to the laws of heredity. … But I think it was my reward for all those hours of work on the bridle path, the neighborhood sidewalks and the schoolhouse corridors.

Gran parte de los que tienen mentalidad de crecimiento ni siquiera planean llegar a la cumbre; llegan a ella como resultado de hacer lo que aman.