National Mentoring Day 2020: Inspirational Quotes About Mentorship

National Mentoring Day is honored Oct. 27 each year to raise awareness about the significant benefits of mentorship and to encourage more people to get involved in the process. Award-winning business mentor Chelsey Baker founded the day, which is not an official holiday, with the aim to focus on the benefits of being a mentor and being mentored.

Here are some inspirational quotes, courtesy Good Reads, to share on this day:

1. “Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “My mentor said, ‘Let’s go do it,’ not ‘You go do it.’ How powerful when someone says, ‘Let’s!’” — Jim Rohn

3. “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.” — John Crosby

4. “My mistakes have been my greatest mentors.” – Steve Maraboli

5. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” — Whoopi Goldberg

6. “You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.” — Diana Ross

7. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
― Margaret Mead

8. “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” — Oprah Winfrey

9. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

10. “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” — Oprah Winfrey