Mentor Quotes · Page 15

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

— Junot Diaz

My mentors in life are much older than me and have been through life. They can actually give me some sound advice…

— Nicole Trunfio

Amos Vogel was a mentor, a guiding light for me. In his presence, you always rose. But his importance to me is…

— Werner Herzog

It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.

— John Wooden

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

— Anne Rice

I think real true success is when, yes, you have reached the goal, reached yours, but it's how many others you have…

— Darrell Green

I never tell students they cannot read a book they pick up, but I do guide them toward books that I think…

— Donalyn Miller

There is a privilege in American society to being male and being white, and I think it's hard for white males to…

— John Landgraf

In a very real way Norman [Lear] godfathered me into my career. He was the best mentor anybody could have ever had.

— Richard Masur

I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I…

— Ryan Gosling

I get thousands of requests for mentorship, but they don't offer anything in return, like filing, cleaning my house, or something. All…

— Ryan Blair

I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities.…

— Michael Symon

If anything, I'd say my family was entrepreneurial - my grandfather and father. It was in our blood. But I didn't have…

— Tilman J. Fertitta

I think mentoring is essential in life, both being a mentor to someone and being mentored, and I think that when you…

— Carol Friedman

Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his…

— Laura Marling

You're dropping the bow hand as you release," he called, although Halt certainly wasn't. His mentor looked around, saw him, and replied…

— John Flanagan

“Everyone of us has a new name that winks at us daily because there are rivers of life in our bellies, we…

— Euginia Herlihy

I think having pointers and having guidance from mentors is very important, but it never actually embodies what you go through. And…

— Nina Arianda

Inasmuch as there is a useful purpose to what we do as VCs, I tend to think it's our duty not only…

— Joe Lonsdale

Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain…

— John Flanagan

I'm passionate about coaching and being able to mentor young men in a lot of different ways. I think it's good to…

— Avery Johnson

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

— Erin O'Connor

My father was clearly a mentor. He told me if you work 10 years and you worked 40 hours a week, then…

— Terry J. Lundgren

I recall a conversation I was having with Pharrell one time. We were in the studio talking about R&B, and he said…

— Omarion

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and…

— Chris Zylka