113 Growth Mindset Quotes to Inspire Success and Positivity

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1. “True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.

– Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman Quote: “True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.”

2. “Your success will largely depend on your belief in yourself and your determination to overcome every obstacle.

– John Di Lemme

John Di Lemme Quote: “Your success will largely depend on your belief in yourself and your determination to overcome every obstacle.”

3. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

– Joshua J. Marine

Joshua J. Marine Quote: “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

4. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one

– Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard Quote: “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one”

5. “It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

– Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy Quote: “It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.”

6. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

– Helen Keller

Helen Keller Quote: “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

7. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote: “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.”

8. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

– John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Quote: “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

9. “Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.

– Jay Samit

Jay Samit Quote: “Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.”

10. “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

– Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quote: “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”

11. “When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something new.

– Barney Saltzberg

Barney Saltzberg Quote: “When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something new.”

12. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

– Henry Ford

Henry Ford Quote: “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”

13. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

– Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Quote: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

14. “There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.

– Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy Quote: “There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking.”

15. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quote: “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

16. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough

– Og Mandino

Og Mandino Quote: “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough”

17. “When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.

– Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill Quote: “When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.”

18. “I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could

– Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck Quote: “I don’t mind losing as long as I see improvement or I feel I’ve done as well as I possibly could”

19. “Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t happen.

– Phillip Adams

Phillip Adams Quote: “Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t happen.”

20. “When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations and the value of hard work and persistence.

– Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks Quote: “When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations and the value of hard work and persistence.”

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

– Marva Collins

Marva Collins Quote: “If you don’t give anything, don’t expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.”

22. “The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

– Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Quote: “The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”

23. “Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.

– Sherman Finesilver

Sherman Finesilver Quote: “Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”

24. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time.

– George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw Quote: “Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time.”

25. “You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.

– Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck Quote: “You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.”

26. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.

– Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett Quote: “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”

27. “The best way to predict the future is to create it

– Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “The best way to predict the future is to create it”

28. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”

29. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

– Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Quote: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

30. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

– Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Quote: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

31. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”

32. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

– A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne Quote: “You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

33. “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

34. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

– Pele

Pele Quote: “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

35. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

– Jimmy Dean

Jimmy Dean Quote: “I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

36. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

– Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Quote: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

37. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”!

– Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn Quote: “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”!”

38. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

– Les Brown

Les Brown Quote: “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”

39. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

– Christian D. Larson

Christian D. Larson Quote: “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

40. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

– Colin Powell

Colin Powell Quote: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

41. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

– Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson Quote: “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”

42. “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

– Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman Quote: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

43. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

– Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Quote: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

44. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

– Confucius

Confucius Quote: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

45. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.

– Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin Quote: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.”

46. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

– Stephen Covey

Stephen Covey Quote: “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

47. “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success

Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success

48. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

– Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quote: “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

49. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

– Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Quote: “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

50. “We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust, and care for each other.

– Vala Afshar

Vala Afshar Quote: “We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust, and care for each other.”

51. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

– Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar Quote: “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

52. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

– Henry Ford

Henry Ford Quote: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”

53. “Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don’t be afraid to fail.

– Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Quote: “Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don’t be afraid to fail.”

55. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

– Maria Robinson

Maria Robinson Quote: “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

56. “You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.

– Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess Quote: “You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.”

57. “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t you will see obstacles.

– Wayne W. Dyer

Wayne W. Dyer Quote: “If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t you will see obstacles.”

58. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

59. “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

– Hal Borland

Hal Borland Quote: “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

60. “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

– Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard Quote: “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

61. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

62. “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure

– Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson Quote: “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure”

63. “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

– Barbara Corcoran

Barbara Corcoran Quote: “The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.”

64. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

– Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quote: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

65. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.

– Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.”

66. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

– Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich Quote: “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”

67. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

68. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

– Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur Quote: “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

69. “The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.

– Robin Sharma

Robin Sharma Quote: “The swiftest way to triple your success is to double your investment in personal development.”

70. “When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

– Elliot Page

Elliot Page Quote: “When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.”

71. “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.

– Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Quote: “Great things in business are never done by one person; they're done by a team of people.”

72. “To any entrepreneur; if you want to do it, do it now. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it.

– Catherine Cook

Catherine Cook Quote: “To any entrepreneur; if you want to do it, do it now. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it.”

74. “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

– Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow Quote: “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”

75. “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

– Conrad Hall

Conrad Hall Quote: “You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.”

76. “The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.

– Michelangelo

Michelangelo Quote: “The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.”

77. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.

– Bill Gates

Bill Gates Quote: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

78. “Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice—continuous effort.

– Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Quote: “Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice—continuous effort.”

79. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did.

– Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quote: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did.”

80. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

– Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill Quote: “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”

81. “Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must also step up the stairs.

– Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel Quote: “Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must also step up the stairs.”

82. “The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.

– Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quote: “The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”

83. “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

– Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Quote: “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”

84. “It’s a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.

– Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali Quote: “It’s a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.”

85. “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it’s more important to heed the lessons of failure.

It’s fine to celebrate success, but it’s more important to heed the lessons of failure.

86. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.

– Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort Quote: “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”

87. “The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

– Wallace Wattles

Wallace Wattles Quote: “The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.”

88. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

– Pamela Vaull Starr

Pamela Vaull Starr Quote: “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

89. “The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

– James Cash Penney

James Cash Penney Quote: “The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.”

90. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

– Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Quote: “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

91. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

– Colin R. Davis

Colin R. Davis Quote: “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”

92. “You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.

– Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn Quote: “You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.”

93. “I am always doing what I cannot do yet. In order to learn how to do it.

– Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh Quote: “I am always doing what I cannot do yet. In order to learn how to do it.”

94. “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.

– Bethany Hamilton

Bethany Hamilton Quote: “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.”

95. “You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not at all.

– Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy Quote: “You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not at all.”

96. “In adversity keep motivated, for often the best comes from difficulty.

– Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale Quote: “In adversity keep motivated, for often the best comes from difficulty.”

97. “A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

– Larry Bird

Larry Bird Quote: “A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”

98. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

– Carl Bard

Carl Bard Quote: “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

99. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.

– Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult Quote: “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.”

100. “Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

– Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni Quote: “Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”

101. “The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American dream.

– Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Quote: “The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.”

102. “The only way to grow is to abandon your strategy of doing what you really know how to do.

– Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick Quote: “The only way to grow is to abandon your strategy of doing what you really know how to do.”

103. “It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.

– Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal Quote: “It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.”

104. “Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

– Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy Quote: “Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.”

105. “Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

– Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron Quote: “Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.”

106. “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy — I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.

– Art Williams

Art Williams Quote: “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy — I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”

107. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

– C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis Quote: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

108. “Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

– Buddha

Buddha Quote: “Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.”

109. “Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.”

111. “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.

– Brian Herbert

Brian Herbert Quote: “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.”

112. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

– Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Quote: “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

113. “If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along, and you’ll start happening too.

– Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Quote: “If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew, just go right along, and you’ll start happening too.”
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