Mentoring Quotes

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
― Margaret Mead

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
― Plato

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
― Plutarch

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”
― Robert Frost

“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
― E.M. Forster

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward

“What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello

“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
― Phil Collins

“No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.”
― Peter Drucker

“The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.”
― H.L. Mencken

“What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that.”
― Tyler Perry, Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

“True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.”
― David O. McKay

“Teach them the quiet verbs of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).”
― Tony Dungy, The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently

“Every beginner possesses a great potential to be an expert in his or her chosen field.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Leaders..should influence others..in such a way that it builds people up, encourages and edifies them so they can duplicate this attitude in others.”
― Bob Goshen

“Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults that we would like. It's the only way we grow.”
― George Lucas, Star Wars: Episode 2 Attack of the Clones

“Mentoring is: Sharing Life's Experiences and God's Faithfulness”
― Janet Thompson, Dear God, He's Home!: A Woman's Guide to Her Stay-at-Home Man

“—Help these boys build a nation their own. Ransack the histories for clues to their past. Plunder the literatures for words they can speak. And should you encounter an ancient tribe whose customs, however dimly, cast light on their hearts, tell them that tale; and you shall name the unspeakable names of your kind, and in that naming, in each such telling, they will falter a step to the light.
"—For only with pride may a man prosper. With pride, all things follow. Without he have pride he is a shadowy skulk whose season is night. ”
― Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys

“The mediocre leader tells. The good leader explains. The superior leader demonstrates. The great leader inspires.”
― Gary F. Patton

“I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

“I never heard that it had been anybody’s business to find out what his natural bent was, or where his failings lay, or to adapt any kind of knowledge to him. He had been adapted to the verses and had learnt the art of making them to such perfection. I did doubt whether Richard would not have profited by some one studying him a little, instead of his studying them quite so much.”
― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

“If there is a single factor that spells out the difference between the cafeteria fringe headed for greatness and those doomed for low self-worth, even more than a caring teacher or a group of friends, it is supportive, accepting parents who not only love their children unconditionally, but also don't make them feel as if their idiosyncrasies qualify as "conditions" in the first place.”
― Alexandra Robbins, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

“Don’t let life take you somewhere you’re not prepared or don’t want to go, purely because you neglected to research and plan.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards

“If upper management wants an issue to go away, they’ll allow us the opportunity to fix it. If we have a reputation for rectifying difficulties, they’ll want us to continue these efforts.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards

“If we don’t have all of the facts at hand, we still need to let the interested parties know that we’re on top of the research but that it will take time. When that information is gathered, inform them in an expedient manner. If employing the solution falls within our authority, implement it as soon as possible. If approval is required, document a request swiftly so any lag time won’t be attributed to our inattention.”
― Ronald Harris, Concepts of Managing: A Road Map for Avoiding Career Hazards

“Underachieving energy drainers require direction, inspiration, and empowerment, often looking up to suitable models, such as their teacher(s).”
― Asuni LadyZeal

“Underachieving passionates benefit from direct or indirect mentoring opportunities, including strategy sessions, task assignments, practice, examples, and competitions. These experiences help boost their abilities and contribute to sustained achievement.”
― Asuni LadyZeal

“Everybody knew that the only way for the United States to get out of Afghanistan was by creating a strong Afghan Army. The 101st called their effort to achieve this shonna ba shonna, translated as “shoulder to shoulder.”
― Kevin Maurer, Gentlemen Bastards: On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces