Top 12 Mentor Quotes – Best Mentor Quotes – Inspiring and Motivating

Influence others positively by being a teacher, coach, counselor, or mentor.

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view.

Everyone needs a mentor.

My best mentor is a mechanic – and he never left the sixth grade. By any competency measure, he doesn’t have it. But the perspective he brings to me and my life is, bar none, the most helpful.

My mentor said, ‘Let’s go do it,’ not ‘You go do it.’

You’re never too young or too old to be a mentor.

You can’t be a successful leader or mentor until you have served. You can’t serve until you have stepped out of your comfort zone. And you can’t step out of your comfort zone unless you have character and keep your word.

Ultimately, even if you follow the advice of a mentor or board member, it’s still your fault if they were wrong!

What you want in a mentor is someone who truly cares for you and who will look after your interests and not just their own. When you do come across the right person to mentor you, start by showing them that the time they spend with you is worthwhile.

Whenever I mentor people and help them discover their purpose, I always encourage them to start the process by discovering their strengths, not exploring their shortcomings. Why? Because people’s purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You are not called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strength zone.

Sometimes a mentor has to be reminded of the principles he has tried to instill in others.

The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.