Top 165 Mentor Quotes

As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.

I think having four children made me a good mentor. As a parent, you get to know young people as they mature and grow up and to also learn about some of the difficulties they face.

I’m just glad that I get to talk about the superstar, my mentor – Marcus Mariota. That’s who I try to be like. He’s been a big inspiration to me and my family. I couldn’t thank God more for him being bestowed into my life.

While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger – an Army Officer in the Special Forces home on leave – who would be the mentor to drive home my mother’s goal of getting me educated. His name was Saul Hassan.

Of course I want to be a superstar, but it doesn’t happen overnight, and I see that from having a mentor.

I’ve had the honor and privilege of knowing Jeff for over 25 years. He’s been a dear friend and a mentor, and there is no finer person in public service than Jeff Sessions. He’s conducted himself with the greatest integrity of any public official I’ve ever met.

I applaud Women in Film – not only for celebrating the successes of women, but for providing a safety network to mentor women and to discuss the particular issues that arise in a very male-dominated industry.

I don’t know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well.

If any IPL team wants me to be a mentor or a batting consultant, I would love to do that. I can share my knowledge with the youngsters.

Mike Patton is my mentor, and he releases two to five records a year with many different bands, and he gets stuff done.

When I think about our HBCUs, I think of icons like my mentor Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina State graduate, who fought against discrimination and segregation, and continues to champion for civil rights and equality.

Age is rarely a limitation to being a mentor.

As part of my work, I teach, lead and participate in affinity groups, facilitate workshops, and mentor other whites on recognizing and interrupting racism in our lives.

My brother and I had a wonderful mentor when we were younger who helped fund our dancing career so we could travel the world.

I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the ‘Whiplash’ script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make ‘Whiplash,’ I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make.

Young people often aren’t in a position to write checks to charities. But there are two things they can do that are invaluable. One is volunteering, especially mentoring other young people with reading, math or help thinking about college. Through iMentor, one can even mentor people online.

My dad’s a Republican. My dad’s my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad’s Republican, so that’s what I decided to register as.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.

My stepfather is my mentor. He’s also like a father to me. He taught me how to be a man, how to carry myself and how to handle my business.

Dan Rooney was my boss, my father, my friend, my mentor.

I went into criminal justice because I want to learn more about the law, about what’s going on in this world, and be a mentor to kids from where I’m from.

My first mentor and inspiration was my Irish Dancing teacher Patricia Mulholland. She created her own form of dance known as Irish ballet and created stage productions of old Irish myths and legends. They were my first experiences on stage. She told my mum I was destined for the stage, and I took that as my cue.

After watching ‘Pagal Nilavu’ I decided Mani Ratnam should be my mentor and joined him.

I am so thankful to work with Shashank Khaitan because of the kind of person that he is. One of the things I am most thankful for is to have Shashank as my first director and as a mentor.

It’s so important to seek out mentors and knowledge from those who have come before you, and I don’t think I would be where I am today, both professionally and personally, without each and every mentor who helped me along the way.

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

My dad was actually my first mentor. Decent man, hard-working man, never missed a day of work plumber.

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Maybe you don’t know how to do something at work. Instead of asking the boss or seeking someone as a mentor, you might not want to show them your ignorance. So, you’re depriving yourself of this learning and mentorship. All of these ways are ways that a fixed mindset will hold you back.

I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.

I’m humbled to follow in the footsteps of Ed Feulner, who built the most important conservative institution in the nation. He has been a friend and mentor for years and I am honored to carry on his legacy of fighting for freedom.

My father was a great mentor to me and is someone I admire and look up to. However, it was my mum who was more of a driving force when it came to me and cricket – she constantly encouraged me to always remember to have fun when playing. And Mum was the one who took me round the grounds at the beginning of my career.

Mr. Trump is more than just a boss to those of us who have been fortunate enough to be close to him, both professionally and personally. He’s more like a patriarch, a mentor. These qualities make him very endearing to me, which is why I am so fiercely loyal to him and committed to protecting him at all costs.

My university teacher and mentor Kenneth Arrow remembers me as a student who asked good questions. Although I had not previously thought of myself in that way, on reflection I think that Arrow was right.

I don’t really have a mentor.

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.

As team-mates, it is difficult to act as a mentor.

In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.

For me, my mentor was Rain who I like and admire so much. To be able to appear in the same place with him as a mentor to someone is meaningful and such an honor.

But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.

When I was younger, I felt more like a student working with a mentor when I worked with the conductor, but now it feels more like equals.

Hillary Clinton was a hugely important mentor for me. I don’t talk to her every day, but sometimes mentorship means being able to watch somebody’s leadership from afar.

To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists’ careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.

I realized, ‘Oh, it’s easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.’ Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.

I wanted to do something that nobody else was doing. I didn’t have a mentor. There were no other women on the radio.

As a mentor, you have to be willing to put yourself in your mentee’s shoes to understand their struggles that they deal with. It’s not supposed to turn into a pity party by any means, but empathy speaks volumes to a mentee in need of help rather than forced sympathy.

To the extent that I can serve as a role model or mentor for other women in what might be traditionally viewed as a male-dominated field, I welcome that.

He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

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.

I think Steve Wynn, who was like my mentor and a second father, has been a great inspiration. He’s a great mentor because he’s a guy who’s had great business success but also has always been driven by creativity – and inspired creativity.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

There’s nothing worse for a mentor than being asked generic questions that anyone could answer. They want to ensure that their time is having an impact on you.

My nana is a real life mentor, and so is Brad Paisley and a few other idols in country music.

The problem was I didn’t have a mentor. Nobody ever sat me down and said, ‘That’s how life is. You’re going to have trouble here or there.’