Quotes About Mentorship

Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.

With a smile we should instruct our youth.

A teacher should be sparing of his smile.

Sort of like what Joruus C'baoth did for Thrawn. I'm not talking about ancient history, I'm talking about now. Luke & Jaina

He was teaching me how to die, just as he'd taught me how to live.

A man needs his father more as life progresses, not less. It is not enough to learn how to use a lathe, milk a cow, repair a roof; there are greater holes to mend, deeper wells to fill, that only a father's wisdom can sustain. A father teaches his son how to think a problem through, how to lead a household, how to love his wife. A father sets an example for his son, building his character from the soul outward.

A man needs his father more as life progresses, not less. It is not enough to learn how to use a lathe, milk a cow, repair a roof; there are greater holes to mend, deeper wells to fill, that only a father's wisdom can sustain. A father teaches his son how to think a problem through, how to lead a household, how to love his wife. A father sets an example for his son, building his character from the soul outward.

Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.

Peter was that magic person we all meet, if we're lucky, who shows us how to live our lives, and be ourselves.

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.

Teachers can teach only when students want to learn. No one can help a student who does not want to learn just

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

In Yuri's early years of activism, [Mae] Mallory served as an important political mentor. Not only did Mallory have a visible leadership role, usually reserved for men, she also, remarked Yuri, 'taught me how to be a good Movement person. She was always on time, responsible & reliable, accurate in giving out information, and she wanted other people to be the same.

I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.

What bothered Easy Company's officers, me included, was not Sobel's emphasis on strict discipline, but his desire to lead by fear rather than example.

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.

You have to be there and show them or they have no role model. So she has to stay!

If you hold a leadership position but are not equipping the saints for the work of service, then you are not a leader.

You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman. . . . Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on this basis were prohibited from leading a [section]. The were made to fly as wingman, instead.

As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.