Growth Mindset
“All things are difficult before they are easy.”- Thomas Fuller
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a
big difference.” – Winston Churchill
“If you don’t give anything, don’t expect
anything. Success is not coming to you,
you must come to it.” – Marva Collins
“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.”
– Carol Dweck
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." – Albert Einstein
“You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.” – John Wooden
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
-Winston Churchill
"If we only did things that were easy, we wouldn’t actually be learning anything. We’d just be practicing things we already knew.”
-David Dockterman
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
-Michael Jordan
“Just because you haven’t found your talent yet doesn’t mean you don’t have one.”
-Kermit the Frog
Having a growth mindset allows you to believe that you can improve and change with practice and determination.
With a growth mindset, you view challenges with excitement and look forward to the opportunity to learn from your mistakes.
As a fifth grader, students will take ownership of their learning by persevering, working hard, and practicing skills daily.
" Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
-Lou Holtz
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all.”
-Dale Carnegie
"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
-Vivian Greene
“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being.” -John Wooden
“You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.” -John Wooden