194 Quotes by Albert Bandura

The human mind is generative, creative, proactive, and reflective -- not just reactive.

Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.

People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

People not only gain understanding through reflection, they evaluate and alter their own thinking.

Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

Such knowledge is probably gained in several ways. One process undoubtedly operates through social comparison of success and failure experiences. Children repeatedly observe their own behavior and the attainments of others

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.