Quotes About Mentorship

The Sufi teacher's mission is to be in the service of those who can learn.

Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.

HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching; HE is a student who can learn without being obsessed by learning.

Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.

Ibn El-Arabi wrote, 'The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself

El sufismo es transmitido por medio del elemento humano, es decir del maestro.

Un instante en presencia de los Amigos (Sufis) es mejor que cien años de dedicación sincera y obediente

Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.

El sufismo se transmite por medio del elemento humano, es decir del maestro.

The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.

The teacher works in accordance with the prospects of his students and the possibility of maintaining the community of Sufis.

Máximas de los Khajagan Gurgani: El enseñante y el enseñado producen juntos la enseñanza.

La misión del maestro Sufi es estar al servicio de aquellos que pueden aprender.

No le des vueltas al asunto de si vas a ponerte o no en las manos de un maestro. Siempre estás en sus manos.

A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher.

Quienquiera que me haya enseñado una letra me ha hecho su esclavo.

One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.

he heard the performer who, more than any other, would shape his music. Roy Acuff was twenty years older than Hank, and outlived him by almost forty years.

Miller's example of humane leadership that does not always go by the book was not lost on me. When they fall down, pick 'em up, dust 'em off, pat 'em on the back, and move 'em on.

The most influential people in my life will never show up on a Google search.

What is a leader?" people ask me. My simple answer: "Someone unafraid to take charge. Someone people respond to and are willing to follow." I believe that leaders must be born with a natural connection and affinity to others, which then must be encouraged and developed by parents and teachers and molded by training, experience, and mentoring. You can learn to be a better leader. And you can also waste your natural talents by ceasing to learn and grow.

Five figurative children, I have, whom I have raised since I was the age of fifteen.

Take advice only from those you hope to be like.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.