Quotes About Mentorship

Who, Coach Hedge? He'd try to fix Jason by whacking him upside the head.

While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.

If you've just had a brief conversation at an event, ask, "Is it all right if I drop you a note?" You can follow up with a question in writing. Also, periodically send your potential mentor or sponsor information that she will find insightful. When you have an accomplishment under your belt, let her know about it.

those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

You didn't fail me. You fed me and took care of me ... But there was something more important than all that, he thought. What Tom had given him was nothing so commonplace as food and shelter. Tom had given him something unique, something no other man had to give, something even his own father could not have given him: something that was a passion, a skill, an art, and a way of life. You gave me a cathedral...

Petranilla turned to the girls. "Our father was descended from Tom Builder, the stepfather and mentor of Jack Builder, architect of Kingsbridge Cathedral," she said.

A leader only follows a better leader than himself.

Powerful leaders use their position of power to empower others.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

I get scared to death when I see people who say they've found Jesus Christ, and they're out there, and I wonder, who's teaching them? Who's mentoring them?

My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.

If we do not disciple and empower others as Jesus did, we end up exploiting them and using them for our own ends, even if we clothe our actions in very spiritual terms.

When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125.

Climb above the pack but leave the ladder in place for others to follow

Like the sun, a teacher enlightens a mind with his love, warmth, and light.

The best teacher teaches by inspiring students to learn by showing them the ultimate purpose of learning.

I am not a teacher, but I am a friend who likes to kindle your heart and awaken your mind.

Be an example to teach, be a role model to follow, and be a leader to emulate.

To be an educator, teach and keep learning.

Be a leader you would follow.