The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.

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

Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.

For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'