Mentoring Success Quotes & Sayings

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". — Michaelson Williams

I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets. — Horace

Leadership: Converting dreams into goals and goals into success. — T Jay Taylor

I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is. — Paddy Considine

You would be surprised at how many corporations "none of your business" applies to! — Steven Magee

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become
whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm
her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this. — Sonia Sotomayor

Mentoring is all about people - it's about caring, about relationships and sensitivity. As it becomes increasingly in vogue it is becoming too formulated - concerned with performance metrics, critical success factors, investment and spending. It'll be a disaster. — Rene Carayol

From apparently the basest metals we have the finest toned bells. — Frederick Douglass

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. — Seneca The Younger

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. — Steve Knox

It's not enough to be good at something to be in your element ... We're being brought up with this idea that life is linear. This is an idea that's perpetuated when you come to write your CV - that you set out your life in a series of dates and achievements, in a linear way, as if your whole existence has progressed in an ordered, structured way, to bring you to this current interview. — Ken Robinson

The key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing. — Sheena Iyengar