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Words of Wisdom on Mentoring

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.
~ John Crosby

Mentoring is sharing knowledge, skill and experience in a befriending way.
~ William Simon and Rob Lebow in Lasting Change

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.
~ Unknown

Even while men teach, they learn.
~ Seneca

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.
~ Japanese Proverb

In everyone's life
at some time,
our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame
by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people
who rekindle the inner spirit.
~ Albert Schweitzer

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.
~ Richard M. De Vos

To the world, you may just be somebody. But to somebody, you may just might be the world.
 ~ Unknown

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
~ Galileo Galilei

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
~ Oliver Goldsmith

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.
~ Lyndon B. Johnson

The ultimate leader is not afraid to develop people to the point they surpass him or her in knowledge and ability.
~ Fred A. Manske, Jr.

You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.
~ Bob Nelson

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
~ Mother Teresa

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
~ John Wesley

Our research tells us that the single most important determinant of individual performance is a person's relationship with his or her immediate manager. Without a robust relationship with a manager who sets clear expectations, knows you, trusts you and invests in you, you are less likely to stay and perform.
~ Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton in Now, Discover Your Strengths

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
~ Ray Lyman Wilbur

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