I have always had a soft spot for Shakespeare, especially after we read Romeo and Juliet in my freshman year of high school. There was something intriguing about the language he used and the puns and jokes he made with language. Then, in senior year, I had to memorize Hamlet's To be or not to be speech. I got to work with the language first hand, and loved it.
The quote "There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so," is interesting, because it could be used for both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. It can be used for intrinsic because if you are going to do something, there is the possibility that you could convince yourself that is bad and be far less motivated to do it. The opposite can also be true, by thinking something bad is actually good and be motivated to accomplish it. It can be true for extrinsic as well, because you could be motivated to do something but peer pressure could convince you that it is bad and not to.
This quote can also explain fixed and growth mindsets. If you have a fixed mindset, you may be prejudiced against just finding the answer or end goal. If you have a growth mindset, you may already believe that the goal itself does not matter, but how the goal is reached is important.
This Shakespeare quote has many levels of thinking. It can be placed into many different contexts and still make sense. Many people are fixed in their beliefs, and may not even notice that they are doing what the quote says. Shakespeare quotes are, in my opinion, some of the greatest.
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