Mentor Quotes

• You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

  Diana Ross

  Inspiring, Believe, Needs

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• A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.

  Bob Proctor

  Wisdom, Helping, Personal Growth

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• A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Hope, Coaching, Self Discovery

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  The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

  Steven Spielberg

  Opportunity, Creating, Giving

  "Don’t have a mentor? Then mentor yourself" by Natasha Koifman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2016.

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• A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

  Michael Johnson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Behind every great leader, at the base of every great tale of success, you will find an indispensable circle of trusted advisors, mentors, and colleagues.

  Unknown

  Leader, Got Your Back, Trusted

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• Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.

  Junot Diaz

  Real, Done, Wonderful

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• I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Thinking, People, Important

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  I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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• You can't dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.

  Edward de Bono

  Different, Digging, Holes

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• Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

  John Crawford Crosby

  Listening Ear, Brain, Ears

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• A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'

  Joe Jonas

  Dream, Thinking, Careers

  "How Joe Jonas Is Using His Celeb Status For Good". Interview with Karee Hackel, www.seventeen.com. July 22, 2012.

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• A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.

  John Wooden

  Jobs, Perspective, Guides

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• Refuse to be average.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Inspirational, Average, Editors

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  Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

  Xunzi

  Inspiring, Leadership, Teacher

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• My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Business, Powerful

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 03, 2017

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• When I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing. Sometimes mentors don't find you - sometimes you seek them out. You shouldn't hesitate to plop herself in someone's office and ask them to be that support.... Oftentimes, they're flattered and glad to lend a hand. So I would encourage any reader to seek out a mentor, then follow through and be very focused and persistent.

  Michelle Obama

  Men, Office, Support

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

  Renee Olstead

  Teacher, Thinking, Voice

  "The College Professor I’ll Never Forget" by Renee Olstead, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 29, 2012.

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• I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Self Control

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “Collected Shorter Fiction, vol. 1”, p.934, Everyman's Library

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• I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities. Bobby Flay is one of my dearest friends and a tremendous mentor for me. Mario Batali is the same way. They began doing TV a little before me and they showed me the way.

  Michael Symon

  Lucky, World, Littles

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• I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Children, People, Parent

  "The Importance of Literacy: A Q & A With Author Walter Dean Myers". Interview with Earl Martin Phalen, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2012.

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• My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

  Tiger Woods

  Fathers Day, Husband, Dad

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• I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.

  Tayari Jones

  Girl, Writing, Organization

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• As I see with Lori's testimony, you say what good could come out of all these abortions and all what she's been through? But she has been a part of a new Bible for women, a mentoring Bible.

  Jim Bakker

  Abortion, Testimony, Has Beens

  "The Best of Interviews With Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner". “CNN Larry King Weekend”, www.cnn.com. June 24, 2001.

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• I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

  Erin O'Connor

  Responsibility, Mentoring

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