--- title: "Best Carol S. Dweck Quotations" description: "Carol Susan Dweck is an American psychologist at Stanford University who studies motivation and mindset. Browse 135 Carol S. Dweck quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-carol-s-dweck-3250.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-carol-s-dweck-3250.jpg) # Carol S. Dweck (1946) Psychologist **135** quotes in **367** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Carol S. Dweck is a psychologist, best known for *Mindset*. ## Quick Facts About Carol S. Dweck Born October 17, 1946 Profession Psychologist Notable works Mindset ## About Carol S. Dweck She holds the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professorship of Psychology at Stanford. Before 2004 she taught at the University of Illinois, Harvard, and Columbia. She was named an APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow in 2013, an APS Mentor Awardee in 2019, and an APS William James Fellow in 2020. She has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2012. ## Quotes by Carol S. Dweck · Page 4 > [“You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/you-have-to-apply-yourself-each-day-to-becoming-a-little-better-by/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/carol-s-dweck-3250_applying_you-have-to-apply-yourself-each-day-to-b_1123453.png) > [When you have a limited theory of willpower, you're constantly on alert, constantly monitoring yourself. 'Am I tired? Am I hungry? Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/when-you-have-a-limited-theory-of-willpower-you-re-constantly-on/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Discipline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/carol-s-dweck-3250_discipline_when-you-have-a-limited-theory-of-willpo_693377.png) > [If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/if-parents-want-to-give-their-children-a-gift-the-best-thing-they-can/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/carol-s-dweck-3250_be-a-slave_if-parents-want-to-give-their-children-a_791901.jpg) > [It’s for you to decide whether change is right for you right now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But either way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/it-s-for-you-to-decide-whether-change-is-right-for-you-right-now/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/carol-s-dweck-3250_bumps_it-s-for-you-to-decide-whether-change-is_1830289.jpg) > [More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/more-and-more-research-is-suggesting-that-far-from-being-simply/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/carol-s-dweck-3250_flexible_more-and-more-research-is-suggesting-tha_362720.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/every-lapse-doesn-t-spell-doom-it-s-like-anything-else-in-the-growth/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Growth mindset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/growth-mindset/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/carol-s-dweck-3250_growth-mindset_every-lapse-doesn-t-spell-doom-it-s-like_1845755.jpg) > [“We don’t care about who you are, what you’re interested in, and what you can become. We don’t care about learning. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/we-don-t-care-about-who-you-are-what-you-re-interested-in-and-what/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/carol-s-dweck-3250_care_we-don-t-care-about-who-you-are-what-you_695853.png) > [When I was in graduate school, I became very interested in why some kids took on challenges and were able to bounce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/when-i-was-in-graduate-school-i-became-very-interested-in-why-some/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Adversity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/carol-s-dweck-3250_adversity_when-i-was-in-graduate-school-i-became-v_1867754.jpg) > [One very common thing is that often very brilliant children stop working because they're praised so often that it's what they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/one-very-common-thing-is-that-often-very-brilliant-children-stop/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/carol-s-dweck-3250_child_one-very-common-thing-is-that-often-very_612582.png) > [Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/everyone-is-a-mixture-of-fixed-and-growth-mindsets-you-could-have-a/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/carol-s-dweck-3250_everyone_everyone-is-a-mixture-of-fixed-and-growt_371907.png) > [I had the great good fortune of getting my Ph.D. in the very first year that universities were actively seeking women faculty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/i-had-the-great-good-fortune-of-getting-my-ph-d-in-the-very-first/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/carol-s-dweck-3250_good_i-had-the-great-good-fortune-of-getting_384211.png) > [I teach a freshman seminar every year, and we delve very, very deeply into their mindsets. They read scientific articles, but we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/i-teach-a-freshman-seminar-every-year-and-we-delve-very-very-deeply/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/carol-s-dweck-3250_education_i-teach-a-freshman-seminar-every-year-an_479182.png) > [“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/if-parents-want-to-give-their-children-a-gift-the-best-thing-they-can-2/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/carol-s-dweck-3250_children_if-parents-want-to-give-their-children-a_949819.png) > [Creating organizations that value a growth mindset can create contexts in which more people grow into the knowledgeable, visionary, and responsible leaders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/creating-organizations-that-value-a-growth-mindset-can-create/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/carol-s-dweck-3250_create_creating-organizations-that-value-a-grow_2533518.jpg) > [We say women have made great strides: in biology, in many areas of chemistry, in many places, women are now the majority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-s-dweck/we-say-women-have-made-great-strides-in-biology-in-many-areas-of/) [Carol S. Dweck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-s-dweck/) [Career](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/carol-s-dweck-3250_career_we-say-women-have-made-great-strides-in_2632563.jpg) ## Carol S. 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