Mentoring Quotes - Page 2

Ehimlite universities are strong at delivering their commercial mission. They are pretty strong in developing their cognitive mission. But when it comes to the sort of growth Deresiewicz is talking about, everyone is on their own. An admissions officer might bias her criteria slightly away from the Résumé God and toward the quirky kid. A student may privately wrestle with taking a summer camp job instead of an emotionally vacuous but résumé-padding internship. But these struggles are informal, isolated and semi-articulate.

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

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

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

Keep on exploring.Keep on evolving.Keep on experimenting.

Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

Mentorships, similar to other important relationships, usually end. Ideological differences and a need to chart a personal path might preclude parties from maintaining the original balance that stabilized a mentoring relationship. Conflict between an apprentice and his master is not always bad; in fact, it is almost inevitable, if the apprentice’s destiny is to exceed the accomplishments of the master.

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

Any training is initially difficult, but with persistence practice, we can master the art.

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

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

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.

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.

The author charted the importance of human examples on his spiritual journey, confessing that when harsh and domineering people based their bullying on Christ's authority, he rebelled. But when his wife represented the gracefulness of Christ's character, he was drawn back to know Christ more fully.

Deal mildly with his youth; for young hot colts, being rag's, do rage the more.

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

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

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

Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. "I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird," Eli said later. "It's like she thinks I'm a freak or something. No matter what I do, it's not 'normal' enough for her.

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

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

They (Reagan and Kennedy) had some combination of cheerfulness and vulnerability that made them seem like boys on adventure who had become lost in needed a small kindness to get them back on the right path.

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

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

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

Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them.

One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has a custom them to obedience and experience has made them cautious in conversation with their teachers.

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.

The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon your own independence for 20 years or so.

Make wisdom human to the adolescent mind.

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

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.

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

An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.

My mentors inspired and encourage to fulfill my highest potential.

Mine is to chew on the appropriate texts and make them delectable.

Great mentors don't solve your problems, they guide you to make your best decision and encourage you to take personal ownership of the next steps for success.

I admire successful men and women who endured and overcome unusual circumstances to fulfill their dreams.

Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

Children are angels in exile, so close to God. They haven't had time to separate from Him.Ali

That is the Proctor. He is our Cerberus; he has to keep all undergraduates in good order." "What a task! He ought to have three heads.

We were motivated by our mentors to go an extra mile.

Mentoring is the cultivation of young adults, the tender caring for and nurturing of them so that they will grow, flourish, and be fruitful.

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

Students are taught how to do things, but many are not forced to reflect on why they should do them or what we are here for.

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.

If teachers are uncomfortable at their own school, they will pass on their uncertainties or negative attitude to students.

There is nothing I like better than conversing with aged men. For I regard them as travelers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom I ought to inquire whether the way is smooth and easy or rugged and difficult. Is life harder toward the end, or what report do you give it?

To be a man, a boy must see a man.

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.

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

The strong spirit empowers others to be stronger souls.

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

If there is a single factor that spells out the difference between the cafeteria fringe headed for greatness and those doomed for low self-worth, even more than a caring teacher or a group of friends, it is supportive, accepting parents who not only love their children unconditionally, but also don't make them feel as if their idiosyncrasies qualify as "conditions" in the first place.