#mentors

Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can’t see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself — soul-less and evil. You’ll be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#lupin #experience

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#biggest #biggest difference #coaches #difference #direction

Sir Gerald Moore: I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I suppose. The parents just shook their heads and smiled. I've made a big investment in you, Peter. Time and money, and it's not working. Now, I could just shake my head and smile. But in my house, when a turd appears, we throw it out. We dispose of it. We flush it away. We don't put it on the table and call it caviar. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#disappointment #mentor #mentors #wall-street #business

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. ↗

— Socrates

#enlightenment #learning #lifelong-learning #mentorship #education

Many pastors have been reduced to secular "mentors" and "coaches" in exchange for authentic disciplers of men. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul-warren #leadershio #mentors #men

You’ve got to lick yourself into shape. Nobody can do it for you. The man who dreams of artistry, and yet thinks it is necessary for somebody else to lick him into shape, is a man whose art is doomed to be mediocre. Please believe me, this is not harshness on my part: it is the harshness of the nature of the game that I am exposing to you. If you are going to deliver the real goods, you’ve got to do your own licking into shape. ↗

— Jack London

#mentorship #writing #art

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma. ↗

— John C. McGinley

#characters #cox #cup #dirt #doctors

The more you become aware of and respond to the needs of others, the richer your own life becomes. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#leadership #mentorship #service #inspirational

As part of humanity, each of us is called to develop and share the unique gifts we are given. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#life-design #mentorship #strength #design

If today's churches, companies and organizations want to be thriving tomorrow, they have an obligation to coach and mentor the new generation of leaders. ↗

— Wayde Goodall

#leadership #mentorship #leadership