Top 75 Mentor Quotes – Best Mentor Quotes – Inspiring and Motivating

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

My father was clearly a mentor. He told me if you work 10 years and you worked 40 hours a week, then you had 10 years experience. But if you worked 10 years and you worked 60 hours a week, then you had 15 years’ experience.

Unfortunately, many people do not feel comfortable with freedom. They must find for themselves a leader, a guru, or a mentor to take over the direction of their spiritual lives and who will tell them what to do and how to think. A guide or a counselor is understandable, as in sports or music or in any pursuit, but that is not enough. Many mistakenly believe they have to be led each step of the way.

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Just learn from the guys who have already done it well. You need a mentor, a seasoned coach who is willing to share his wisdom and experience with you. Ask someone who has already been successful to guide you.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

Before finding a mentor, I feel it’s essential to really find your own calling and passion. From my experience, this will become a guiding bond in this kind of relationship. Be curious and engaged – and push yourself actively. Be as good as you can at what you love to do, and you will certainly get a mentor’s attention.

One of the first things we did was to find role models or mentors at companies that had achieved what we wanted to do. We bribed them or annoyed them for long enough until they decided to mentor us.

Don’t wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.

A mentor empowers a person to see a possible future, and believe it can be obtained.

A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm’s length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.

Everyone needs a mentor.

All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.

A successful mentor is proud of his mentees, knowing that he has given a part of himself in their success.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor, a teacher, a guidepost, a counsellor.

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

What I think the mentor gets is the great satisfaction of helping somebody along, helping somebody take advantage of an opportunity that maybe he or she did not have.

Shortly after I met my mentor he asked me, ‘Mr. Rohn, how much money have you saved and invested over the last six years?’ And I said, ‘None.’ He then asked, ‘Who sold you on that plan?’

Having more than one mentor is important –
then it’s like having your personal board of directors.

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.

We all have the tendency to believe self-doubt and self-criticism, but listening to this voice never gets us closer to our goals. Instead, try on the point of view of a mentor or good friend who believes in you, wants the best for your, and will encourage you when you feel discouraged.

There were mistakes that I made that I did learn from. When you don’t have responsibilities, the only responsibility is for yourself, but when you have someone there to mentor you, then you don’t make stupid mistakes.

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).

Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.

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.

It was very challenging to mentor the mentors, and yes, you do see more sides of my personality.

I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor. When you’re starting out, especially as an entrepreneur, you really don’t know what you’re doing. You go out there and you try so many things. The key in the process, to me, is that you keep trying and you never give up.

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.

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.

I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

I think the most important quality of a mentor is that they are open to following students where they want to go. Not always pushing their own agenda.

Find a great role model, perhaps someone who struggled and only really succeeded when older. Their biography and what they’ve done differently from you will help you. If such a person is willing to mentor you or at least allow you to work around them, great.

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.

I can’t emphasize enough the value of future leaders having a great mentor, sponsor, even a great coach.

My most valued mentor. . . taught me that failing didn’t equate to failure, it just meant you had another shot at getting it right.

One mentor I had taught me that people do what you inspect, not necessarily what you expect. In other words, if nobody is watching, there will be some slack off.

Every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.

If your mentor is willing to make the commitment, you need to honor her time and willingness to work with you.

Find a business mentor. Connect with others who are successful in other lines of business. Bounce ideas off them, pick their brains. Maybe they can re-write a proposal for you.

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

God did not create you to be alone. He deposited skills, knowledge, and talents in someone out there who is expected to mentor you, teach you and encourage you to go high. Go, get a mentor!

I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.

It’s very hard to be successful without having a good mentor, it is essential to have someone you can look up to and emulate. Also, a mentor will show you the tricks and pitfalls of the game because they have likely already been around the block.

The people that are succeeding have often had a mentor of some kind. I think it makes a huge difference.

There’s no law that says you have to do what your mentor suggests. And the sooner you learn how to say ‘no’ confidently, the easier it will be to manage these key relationships.

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

A real friend or mentor isn’t on your payroll.

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

Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women.

Throughout my career, I had a lot of mentors, and I just adopted them. What I found is that, especially if you’re young, when you go up to people and say, ‘Would you mind being my mentor?,’ their eyes widen. They literally step back. What they’re thinking about is the commitment and time involved if they say yes. And time is something they don’t have. So I would not ask them to be my mentor, but I would just start treating them like it. And that worked very well for me.

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

It is a solemn duty to change lives positively.It is a noble honor to inspire and be there for others.It is an irresistible necessity to have empathy; to understand the situations and the reasons for the actions of others. Real mentoring is less of neither the candid smile nor the amicable friendship that exists between the mentor and the mentee and much more of the impacts. The indelible great footprints the mentor lives on the mind of the mentee in a life changing way. How the mentor changes the mentee from ordinariness to extra-ordinariness; the seed of purposefulness that is planted and nurtured for great fruits; the prayer from afar from the mentor to the mentee; and the great inspirations the mentee takes from the mentor to dare unrelentingly to face the storms regardless of how arduous the errand may be with or without the presence of the mentor.

It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life.

Once you embrace the absolute truth that every leader needs a mentor, you can begin to achieve the massive growth and success that you seek.

A mentor enables a person to achieve. A hero shows what achievement looks like.

Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage.

If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.

I remember saying to my mentor, ‘If I had more money, I would have a better plan.’ He quickly responded, ‘I would suggest that if you had a better plan, you would have more money.’ You see, it’s not the amount that counts; it’s the plan that counts.

A mentor is someone who is willing to give you advice that isn’t in the best interest for them. It takes a real mentor to put you first.

I’ve always felt my role in life was to be a mentor. If I can do that with a younger generation, that’s my goal.

Encourage the many; mentor the few.

Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!

I’m a mentor to anybody who’s interested.

Get a millionaire mentor. Most of us were brought up middle class or poor and then hold ourselves to the limits and ideas of that group. I have been studying millionaires to duplicate what they did. Get your own personal millionaire mentor and study them. Most rich people are extremely generous with their knowledge and their resources.

Find a mentor who has skills in the area you want to develop. That sounds so simple, but it’s the key to a successful relationship.

The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can’t find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor’s joy and sustenance.

But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn’t know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I’m excited to lead some of these talented young guys.

And with the right mentor, don’t be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don’t know what you don’t know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you’ll be surprised how much others will help.

Most busy people want to mentor someone great.

My mentor. . . showed me that, when things go sideways, blame has no place in the room.

I never tell students they cannot read a book they pick up, but I do guide them toward books that I think would be a good fit for them. I think of myself as a reading mentor-a reader who can help them find books they might like.

Seek out counsel and be a mentor to people, because then they learn how to be mentors.

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

Mentorship happens organically, and you can’t just force it. Many men don’t even know HOW to mentor, and often mentor others by accident. It’s not a mentor’s responsibility to mentor, it’s the responsibility of the mentee to seek mentorship and appropriate it.

To help with knowing if you’re good or not, you need a mentor.

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.