Mentoring Quotes

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

~ Robert Frost

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

~ E.m. Forster

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.

~ Plato

Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

~ Margaret Mead

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

~ Plutarch

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

~ Phil Collins

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.

~ David O. Mckay

What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that.

~ Tyler Perry

I never heard that it had been anybody’s business to find out what his natural bent was, or where his failings lay, or to adapt any kind of knowledge to him. He had been adapted to the verses and had learnt the art of making them to such perfection. I did doubt whether Richard would not have profited by some one studying him a little, instead of his studying them quite so much.

~ Charles Dickens

Mentoring is an archetypal activity that has timeless elements which can connect us to the universal ground where nature renews itself and culture becomes reimagined. Youth and elder meet where the pressure of the future meets the presence of the past. Old and young are opposites that secretly identify with each other for neither fits well into the mainstream of life.

~ Michael Meade

He was always so zealous and honorable in fulfilling his compact with me, that he made me zealous and honorable in fulfilling mine with him. If he had shown indifference as a master, I have no doubt I should have returned the compliment as a pupil. He gave me no such excuse, and each of us did the other justice.

~ Charles Dickens

We must never forget our teachers, our lecturers and our mentors. In their individual capacities have contributed to our academic, professional and personal development.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We must never forget our teachers and our lecturers. In their individual capacities have contributed to our academic, professional and personal development.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Reject anything advice, which does not lead to your personal progress.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We must desire to see people rising in life, rather than looking for ways to contribute to their fall.

~ Bamigboye Olurotimi

Mentors change lives, but students change mentors’ lives more.

~ Richie Norton

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

~ William Arthur Ward

Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

~ Tony Dungy

Leaders..should influence others..in such a way that it builds people up, encourages and edifies them so they can duplicate this attitude in others.

~ Bob Goshen

When I give the best of me, that becomes my legacy.

~ Karen Lopez Mcwilliams

It was not because I had a strong sense of the virtue of industry, but because Joe had a strong sense of the virtue of industry, that I worked with tolerable zeal against the grain.

~ Charles Dickens

Success will teach you who your real friends are.

~ Germany Kent

If you're not reaching back to help anyone then you're not building a legacy.

~ Germany Kent

He not only had the gift of “reading” men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too.

~ Robert A. Caro

The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

To truly motivate others 1) discover what their motives, desires & drivers are 2) genuinely connect with and support them from the heart.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Every great athlete, artist and aspiring being has a great team to help them flourish and succeed - personally and professionally. Even the so-called 'solo star' has a strong supporting cast helping them shine, thrive and take flight.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example.

~ Germany Kent

Every individual must be given the opportunity to unearth his/her highest potential.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Every beginner possesses a great potential to be an expert in his or her chosen field.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The different shades of colours present cultural diversity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It became my mission to work with young people to help show them the way, not save them! But help them understand that there are choices that can be made that will make the difference for the rest of their lives.

~ Jose A. Aviles

A woman with a strong sense of personal power, is self confident enough to accurately identify her strengths as well as her blind spots, which she is continually working to improve.

~ Stacey Radin

Do Not Dictate a Child through Someone, it Ruins the Child's Experience.

~ Vineet Raj Kapoor

If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.

~ J. Loren Norris

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens.

~ Steve Goodier

Pessimistic thoughts will only yield trees unwilling to bear edible fruit. Optimistic thinking will always feed those who are willing to sit at your table.

~ Michaelson Williams

Life is hope.Hope is faith.Faith is believe.Believe is possibilities.Possibility is miraculous.Miraculous is divine.Divine is supernatural.Supernatural is spiritual.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita