A quote to all mentors.

[rjbarra]

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't
assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea.~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[rsisk]

Or...

Sell the sizzle, not the steak.

[JaneYoung]

Or...

Your teacher can open the door but you must enter by yourself. ~ Chinese Proverb

(That brings the responsibility of the student into the experience of longing for the endless immensity of the sea and it cuts down on the whining when there is no land in sight.)

Jane

[MattC9]

You can lead a horse to water but ya can't make him drink

[Todd]

You can build a robot, but not without a screwdriver.

[Ian Curtis]

"This machine was so modern, so frightfully new, no one knew quite exactly just what it would do!"
-Dr. Seuss, the Butter Battle Book

[Mr. Van]

Since this seems to have become a place for pithy sayings and such, here are two additions to the list:

Three stoneworkers were chipping away at a large rock on a medieval worksite. Upon being asked what he was doing, one replied, “I’m breaking apart this stone.” The question was put to the second worker who observed, “I’m shaping this stone into a block”. When asked the same question, the third worker said, “I’m part of a team that’s building a cathedral.”

And:

“Whatever we learn, we learn by actually doing it. People become builders by building and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we become just; by doing self-disciplined acts we become self-disciplined and by doing brave acts, we become brave.”
- Aristotle (384 – 322 BCE)

- Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by MattC9

You can lead a horse to water but ya can't make him drink

Sure you can - use a fire hose.

Our job as mentors is not to teach, but to inspire the desire to be taught.

[David Brinza]

I wish I didn't know today what I didn't know yesterday.

[Richard Wallace]

There once was a student named Bessor
Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser
It at last grew so small
He knew nothing at all
And today he's a college professor.

[Chris Fultz]

The less you bet, the more you lose when you win.

[Renee Becker-Blau]

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Rosevelt

[Alexa Stott]

Never trust quotes on the internet.-Abraham Lincoln

[FrankJ]

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.--Albert Einstein

The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to.-- Richard Feynman