20 Inspiring Growth Mindset Quotes From Creative Minds
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Zach- 8 minutes read
Decades of scientific research, centuries of zen teachings, and countless creative minds all point to the benefits of cultivating a growth mindset or beginner’s mind. Here are 20 inspiring growth mindset quotes from famous creative minds.
A growth mindset is when a person understands that their abilities can be developed, especially through hard work and perseverance. People who cultivate this mindset view challenges and failures as opportunities to improve their learning and skills.
The concept was developed by psychologist Carol Dweck and popularized in her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. It’s also similar to the zen principle of the beginner’s mind, Shoshin, popularized by Shunryū Suzuki. The beginner’s mind is a zen attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level.
“If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind, there are few. “
― Shunryū Suzuki
Zen monk and teacher
“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
―
French fashion designer
“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”
― Voltaire
French writer and philosopher
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship.”
― Louisa May Alcott
American novelist
“It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
― Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist
“We are all just beginners here, and we shall all die beginners.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert
American journalist and author
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
― Julie Andrews
English actress, singer, and author
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
― Confucius
Chinese philosopher
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote
American novelist
“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.”
― Bruce Lee
Martial Artist, Philosopher, Writer
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
―
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
― Thomas Edison
American inventor
“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.”
― Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist
“Don’t be too timid and too squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”
― Raulph Waldo Emerson
American essayist, philosopher
“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”
― Steve Jobs
American business magnate
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”
― Lao Zi
Chinese Philosopher
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
―
Author
“The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed.”
― Michelangelo
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
“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
American psychologist, known for her work on growth mindset
Zach is an international writer, photographer, filmmaker, martial artist, and creator of Creative Enso, the Zen art of creative living. His goal is to empower and inspire creatives to live healthier, happier, and more creative lifestyles.
