Top 10 Mentor Quotes – Best Mentor Quotes – Inspiring and Motivating

Always make sure you understand what your mentor is saying or asking. If not, don’t be afraid to ask questions.

A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.

It’s sad but true that if you focus your attention on housework and meal preparation and diapers, raising children does start to look like drudgery pretty quickly. On the other hand, if you see yourself as nothing less than your child’s nurturer, role model, teacher, spiritual guide, and mentor, your days take on a very different cast.

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.

The head sculptor, who became a mentor to me, said that the most important thing he’d ever learned was that you have to figure out what your number-one passion is and throw everything into that. And that if you didn’t do that, then you’re not really serving your purpose in the world, because you’re not going to put that extra effort in. And I knew I loved music, so I just quit and decided to pursue it.

The question is not “can you wear your father’s shoes?”. The question is “can you walk in your father’s shoes?”. It is one thing having a mentor and it is another thing to become like your mentor.

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

Encourage the many; mentor the few.

Think for yourself. Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink, and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying (except the ones everyone agrees is crazy). Do your own research, draw your own conclusions, set your own course, and stick to your guns. When you’re just starting out, people will tell you you’re wrong. After you’ve blown past them, they’ll tell you you’re crazy. A few years after that, they’ll (privately) ask you to mentor them.

I’ll be a mentor to those who want to create a business, product or service and aren’t exactly sure how to do that. To me, it’s a true sign of success if I can help someone have a better time of it.