Quotes About Mentorship

Citizens! This is the example which the old give to the young. We hesitated, he came! we fell back, he advanced! Behold what those who tremble with old age teach those who tremble with fear!

Generally, Madame, the failing of a student to learn is the failing of the teacher to teach.

Generally, Madame, the failing of a student to learn is the failing of the teacher to teach." Breaths

Forever in debt to your priceless advice.

We all got a role to play in these kids' lives,

This means that when the guru appears, he purposely shows us this mistaken, ordinary aspect in order to guide us and all other transmigratory beings to enlightenment. The conclusion is that without the guru guiding us in this ordinary aspect, we would be without a guide, totally lost in samsara. We would be like a baby left out in a hot desert with no food or water, surrounded by dangerous animals.

Warrior, she's going under!" Warrior snatched a handful of the child's dripping hair and pulled her up for air. Giving his head a shake, he moved toward shore. "I don't know. Maybe she's too young. Maiden insists she isn't, but I don't recall the other two being this hard to teach." "I taught Turtle, and Maiden taught Blackbird," Hunter reminded him.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

Myung Mi Kim was the first poet who said I didn't need to sound like a white poet nor did I have to "translate" my experiences so that they sounded accessible to a white audience. No other mentor afterwards was as emphatic about this idea as her.

Because of her, I had known the warmth of a motherly concern—the concern that my own mother had not lived to show me. Because of her, I had had a teacher and was not ignorant and unlettered still.

But he's not known for taking on apprentices.

few dozen" wise, unselfish sages,

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

A good teacher is a determined person.

Being a mom is more than being cook, chauffeur, maid, counselor, doctor, referee, disciplinarian, etc. (just to name a few). It's about molding character, building confidence, nurturing, training, and guiding.

Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor.

The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself.

He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher.

At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I'm "passing the torch." I explain that I'm keeping my torch, thank you very much—and I'm using it to light the torches of others.

We cannot expect to lift others unless we stand on higher ground ourselves.

I'd like to think I'm a great teacher.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

On a less public stage he meets a few times a month with Canadian technology entrepreneurs. He grants each visitor about an hour in a session that is part speed dating, part talent show. In these encounters, he plays the tough judge, brusquely challenging their technology, strategies, and financing as a way of preparing them for the kinds of predators that once threatened RIM.

You are who you learn from. Choose wisely.