Jill Scott Quotes

Mentorship is critical for young people. Mentorship by others for my children is very high on my agenda.

There's nothing better than having a positive impact on kids.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

It's hard to consider myself one when a lot of my fans and people who are calling me a role model are people my age and sometimes older than me. I feel like they're at the same walk of life that I'm in right now, and they can probably teach me things about life, too.

I was very lucky in that I had a couple of teachers who were particularly supportive.

I don't necessarily have one mentor or 'a' mentor. But I do pull inspiration from people, and that's always kind of served me well.

It's been true in my life that when I've needed a mentor, the right person shows up.

There are lots of women I look up to, but mentors are someone you talk to and not just admire. A lot of my friends that I trust are my mentors.

I think I will never stop having mentors.

Bobby Flay has become a great mentor to me. He's one of my very best friends and kind of like a big brother, and I always feel like I can go to him for any kind of advice.

I'm queen of mentorship.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

My mentors were very good.

Physically helping me with advice and direction and a job was Richard Petty. He did a lot for me at a young age, when I needed help and direction.

I'm not a person of mentors.

I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that.

Young girls come up to me all the time to ask for advice. They see me as a survivor.

I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers.

My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.