Quotes in the category mentoring.
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We must never forget our teachers, our lecturers and our mentors. In their individual capacities have contributed to our academic, professional and personal development.
We must never forget our teachers and our lecturers. In their individual capacities have contributed to our academic, professional and personal development.
Reject anything advice, which does not lead to your personal progress.
We must desire to see people rising in life, rather than looking for ways to contribute to their fall.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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).
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.
When I give the best of me, that becomes my legacy.
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.
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.
The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment.
To truly motivate others 1) discover what their motives, desires & drivers are 2) genuinely connect with and support them from the heart.
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.
Every individual must be given the opportunity to unearth his/her highest potential.
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