Quotes About Mentoring

I would definitely like to start working with more people over age 7.

He had to grow his own NCOs.

Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good.

You can teach someone a skill but you can't teach them spirit.

I'm considered something like a graduate student and we get credits for mentoring incoming students. I definitely got lucky with my first assignment

An organization might embody a fixed mindset, conveying that employees either 'have it' or they don't: We called this a 'culture of genius.' Or it might embody more of a growth mindset, conveying that people can grow and improve with effort, good strategies, and good mentoring: We call this a 'culture of development.

Next time you're in a position to discipline, ask yourself, What is the message I'm sending here: I will judge and punish you? or I will help you think and learn?

a growth-minded manager - a guide, not a judge.

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.

I don't see what's wrong with giving Bobby a little experience before he starts to practise law.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.

When one teaches, two learn.

There are three types of pitchers you have to deal with. Some, you just have to tell what town they're in, remind them where they are. Some, you remind them about mechanics, and some, you have to bust their tail. You have to make them your friend and have them trust you.

I probably have a small number of people that are consistently advisors and mentors, but I'm much more likely to have a broader array of... almost like an unofficial board of advisors, where I know that certain people are going to be good for certain types of topics.

Coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter' in my weight class, I couldn't do it. I'd basically be coaching people to beat me. I'm going to give you my riddle?

I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'

Fit Finlay and guys like that, who can work with you and tailor who you are and what you're doing in the ring, are unbelievable.

Billy Jones, positionally, is unbelievable. He's not the fastest guy but he makes up for it by being positionally sound, so I really tried to focus and absorb where he would be in certain situations and just tried to add that in my game.

People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you.

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.