What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns and affective reactions.

Except for events that carry great weight, it is not experience per se, but how they match expectations, that governs their emotional impact

Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior

There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life.

Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.

Such self-referent misgivings creates stress and undermine effective use of the competencies people possess by diverting attention from how best to proceed to concern over personal failings and possible mishaps