When experience contradicts firmly held judgments of self-efficacy, people may not change their beliefs about themselves if the conditions of performance are such as to lead them to discount the import of the experience

A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.

The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.

People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.

Freedom [should not be] conceived negatively as exemption from social influences or situational constraints. Rather...positively as the exercise of self-influence to bring about desired results.