Mentoring Quotes

I learned that if I always performed a rescue, the woman never learned to lean on God…..I now realize that I shouldn’t work harder at a person’s recovery than she is willing to work.

~ Pam Farrel

Adams looks forward to teaching his granddaughters about planting trees, noting that they already show inclination toward this and need only be encouraged in the naturalist pursuits he has found so healthy.

~ Paul C. Nagel

A boy, if he's lucky, discovers his limitations across a leisurely passage of years, with a self-awareness arriving slowly. That way, at least he has plenty of time to heroically imagine himself first. Most boys unfold in this natural, measured way, growing up with at least one adult on the scene who can convincingly fake being all-powerful, omniscient, and unfailingly protective for a kid's first decade or so, providing an invaluable canopy of reachable stars and monsters that are comfortably make-believe.

~ Ron Suskind

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

~ Rob Lowe

Decide in your heart to be at peace with all men.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The best help we can offer the youth of today is to prepare them for tomorrow.

~ Mark W. Boyer

Other than my foundation - mentoring programs - everything I do is for money.

~ Steve Harvey