Quotes About Mentorship

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

Great Leadership is when you care more than you say, you lead to achieve, you walk behind, you lead to achieve to create future Leaders.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flow charts; it is about one life influencing another.

A leader is one who knows the way,goes the way and shows the way ...

The ultimate leader is one who is willing to develop people to the point that they surpass him or her in knowledge and ability.

You can't lead someone in a direction that you are not going yourself.

We are not here to condemn anybody but we are liable to guide someone who you think is lost, and doesn't know which way to go.

A leader has been defined as one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

To know the road ahead, you must ask those coming back. Don't be afraid to ask for guidance from others.

A good teacher has a love of teaching. A great teacher has a love of learning.

No matter if you know a thousand things, still consult him who knows one.

Only do what your teacher says but not what he does.

Teaching a learned person is like teaching an eagle to fly.

You have been lucky to meet Guy de Maupassant. I have just read his first book, Des Vers, poems dedicated to his master Flaubert; there is one, "Au bord de l'eau," which is already himself. What Van der Meer of Delft is to Rembrandt among the painters, he is to Zola among the French novelists.

I should very much like to see Millet reproductions in the schools. I think there are children who would become painters if only they saw good things.

Trust one who has gone through it.

Gu- means darkness and ru- means light. A guru is one who dispels spiritual darkness and gives light to the disciple (called a chela or sishya, for which the Punjabi equivalent is 'Sikh').

For the teacher or coach, the question has to be how to give instructions in such a way as to help the natural learning process of the student and not interfere with it.

When I was 12 years old, my pastor came to the church: Dr. Fredrick Samson. And that was revolutionary because he mentored me and I got a chance to see up close the impact of a rhetorical genius.

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.