Top 200 Growth Mindset Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Education Quotes, Psychology Quotes, Mindset Quotes

2. “Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Action Quotes

3. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

— Mary Tyler Moore

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Emotional Quotes

4. “Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.”

— Michael Jordan

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Athlete Quotes

5. “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Discipline Quotes

6. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

— W. Clement Stone

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Focus Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Prosperity Quotes, Positivity Quotes

7. “The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.”

— Simon Sinek

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Quotes About Trying

8. “Becoming is better than being.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Growth Quotes

9. “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

10. “Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Live Life Quotes

11. “We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Change Quotes, Transformation Quotes

12. “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Learning Quotes, Emotional Quotes

13. “Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Personal Development Quotes, Growth Quotes

14. “You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.”

— David Goggins

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Struggle Quotes

15. “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Failure Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Struggle Quotes

16. “Your life only gets better when you get better, and you can improve yourself without limit. Learn something new every day.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Learning Quotes

17. “What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Effort Quotes, Growth Quotes

18. “Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.”

— Carl R. Rogers

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Growth Quotes

19. “No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Mastery Quotes, Teacher Quotes

20. “Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes

21. “Question yourself every day. Ask yourself: Who am I? What have I learned? What have I created? What forward progress have I made? Who have I helped? What am I doing to improve myself – today? To get better, faster, stronger, healthier, smarter?”

— Jocko Willink

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes

22. “Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Fulfillment Quotes

23. “Dreams don’t “come true”. Dreams get “made true”. You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Fulfillment Quotes, Intention Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes

24. “Don’t get stuck where you are, keep growing. It’s a decision you have to make because it is easy to get stuck. Make a decision to develop better habits, to have better relationships and just to keep the enthusiasm for life.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Sunday Quotes, Cheer Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes

25. “If you're a leader, do everything you can to grow yourself and create the right environment for others to grow.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes

26. “If you focus on goals, you may hit goals – but that doesn’t guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Professional Growth Quotes

27. “The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe strongly enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe.”

— Bob Ross

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Willpower Quotes

28. “Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Lifelong Learning Quotes

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

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Education Quotes

30. “The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Lifelong Learning Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Epic Quotes

31. “Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ‘This didn’t work, I’m a problem solver, and I’ll try something else.’”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes

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

— Carol S. Dweck

33. “Don’t judge. Teach. It’s a learning process.”

— Carol S. Dweck

Also featured in: Teaching Quotes

34. “Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Motivational Workout Quotes, Greatness Quotes, Powerful Quotes

35. “Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Personal Growth Quotes

36. “When you are finished changing, you're finished.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Adaptability Quotes, Progress Quotes

37. “I like criticism. It makes you strong.”

— LeBron James

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Strong Quotes, Basketball Quotes

38. “If we are growing, we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Professional Growth Quotes

39. “So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.”

— Stephen Hawking

Also featured in: Mistake Quotes, Complaining Quotes

40. “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Learning Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes

41. “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Future Quotes, Clever Quotes

42. “View life as a continuous learning experience.”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes

43. “Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

Also featured in: Obstacles Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

44. “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.”

— Tracee Ellis Ross

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes

45. “If you’re ready to take your game to the next level, you gotta change that mindset.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes

46. “Welcome the challenges. Look for the opportunities in every situation to learn and grow in wisdom.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Professional Growth Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Resilience Quotes

47. “Don’t go through life; grow through life.”

— Eric Butterworth

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes

48. “The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. ”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Dreaming Big Quotes

49. “Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Expectations Quotes, Smart Quotes

50. “As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes, Goal Setting Quotes, Career Development Quotes