Quotes About Mentoring

I learned from Al Davis. We didn't have any secretaries. Secretaries, really, in Oakland were young football people.

I'm going to go into every game trying to win. That's always going to be my objective. I'm going to go into anything I do trying to win. I'm going to instill that in everybody I come across.

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?

Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was? I can quit right now, if that's so.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Aristotle said that some minds are not vases to be filled, but fires to be lit.

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

They are your children. You taught them. I didn't teach them.

Teachers don't just teach; they can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world, and to understand themselves. A good education consists of much more than useful facts and marketable skills.

Teaching creates all other professions.

While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children.

Helping clients manage their emotions and energy is a big part of what coaches in all these realms do.

Was kann ein Lehrer denn schon taugen, dem seine Schüler nicht über den Kopf wachsen?

If you seek to correct a subordinate's overall behavior or performance, start by telling them what they do well, then tell them where they need to improve.

The good pupils are often brilliant, and they keep you on your toes and take you to the limits of your knowledge. The worst pupils provide a unique insight into the criminal mind.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

He, who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian Proverb

Preparing the young minds and hearts of the next generation is imperative work.

Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives.

I think you need to have a very strong angel community that is committed to mentoring up-and-coming entrepreneurs.

Teachers shape so much of what a kid's upbringing can be.

I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.