Mentoring Quotes

He was so much the humblest one that Wendy was especially gentle with him.

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

—Help these boys build a nation their own. Ransack the histories for clues to their past. Plunder the literatures for words they can speak. And should you encounter an ancient tribe whose customs, however dimly, cast light on their hearts, tell them that tale; and you shall name the unspeakable names of your kind, and in that naming, in each such telling, they will falter a step to the light."—For only with pride may a man prosper. With pride, all things follow. Without he have pride he is a shadowy skulk whose season is night.

Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults that we would like. It's the only way we grow.

She noticed, as an exceptional woman would, that her stepson was exceptional.

He who want to be served must first know how to serve.

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

What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion

Since we never get everything we want or need from our families, we look for sufficiency in surrogates.

Ask and wait expectantly for the answer.

Encouragement is a fire of flame. It refreshes the soul and revives the spirit.

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

A student was given a mentoring opportunity, "in the hope that when you had somebody to lean on you, you would begin to stand a little steadier yourself, and get manliness and thoughtfulness.

Writing can be taught or learned in the vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is a how other people have written about this subject. Read it; study it; think about it. You can do it too.

The mother was conflicted between what she knows that what's possible.

Kids don't always stop to judge or analyze a new experience unless the adults around them react strongly. Otherwise, they just take in the experience and move on to the next one.

I wanted to explain so much to him at that moment, but you can't give a six-year-old the perspective of a 40-year-old, not really, so I gave him the short course.

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

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.

The different shades of colours present cultural diversity.

The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment.

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

Quoting an experienced school counselor: "You can't change a bully into a flower child, but you can change him into a knight.

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.

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.

He saw the pleasure you took from your job every day of his life, and THAT was what he wanted.

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.

It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying.

Jesus' simple poetic words are delivered casually and gently. Jesus prefers to explain a difficult concept over time, never talking down to His followers, patiently letting the words soak in until they understand them fully.

Shanahan (the head coach) doesn't allow failure to take root.

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

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

True Mentors, don't make their mentees a clone of themselves

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

No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.

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

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.

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".

If you ask an Irishman for directions, he might be quick to answer, Well if I were going there, I would not start here.

He could tune her, bringing out her better instincts and filtering out her lesser ones.