Quotes About Mentorship

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.

The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.

You can't help but feel a little bit like a mother to the younger cast members.

My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.

I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.

Be a leader, not a superior.

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

Elevate. Each day, live to elevate yourself, each day elevate one person. Make elevation your religion and you shall reach infinity.

Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

Coaches build teams, parents build players.

In order to be great, you have to learn from greatness, which is what I have tried to do.

Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you're responsible for your actions.

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.