#mentors

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself. ↗

— Diana Ross

#believe in yourself #end #in the end #just #know

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer. ↗

— Michael Bolton

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My mentors are people like Cameron Crowe and Carrie Fisher. ↗

— Courtney Love

#carrie #crowe #fisher #like #mentors

Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors. ↗

— Kenneth Noland

#begins #context #mentors #other #seniors

Searching for a mentor is similar to searching for a spouse: you two need to share common values, concerns, experiences, communication style, and, of course, have time to invest into meaningful conversations with one another. ↗

— Anna Stevens

#mentors #mentorship #success-self-improvement #communication

You meet dozens of people who tell you you can't do it. Surround yourself with the people who believe you will do it. Seek out and spend time with those rare people who tell you, no BS, why you haven't done it yet, what it takes to do it, and how they could help you do it. Note how this advice works whether 'it' is robbing a bank, opening a gallery, or writing a bestseller. "It" is up to you. But you can't do it alone. ↗

— Heather Grace Stewart

#goals-priorities #mentorship #persistence #life

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

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

— John Paul Warren

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You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors. ↗

— Wes Bentley

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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