Quote from Confucius
Keyword belief Quote from Confucius. He who believes he can and he who believes he can't are both usually right.
— from The Mind in the Cockpit
In the book
The difference is not small; the fixed-mindset pilot avoids the hard maneuvers, gives up when it gets steep, and treats every failure as a verdict on his worth, while the growth-mindset pilot treats the same failure as information. Confucius said it in seven words — the man who believes he can, and the man who believes he can't, are both right — and the most powerful single word you can add to "I can't do this" is the word yet. The old idea that willpower or ability is simply an inborn trait you either have or don't is, the research now shows, plainly false; the brain itself is plastic, and behavior is far more malleable than we were ever taught. — The Mind in the Cockpit