Andrew Shue Quotes

There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.

At our best, we are all teachers

How much we owe to good teachers, good education, and good advice!

There are just hundreds of people that have inspired and influenced me in a number of different ways. First of all, you can't forget your parents and all they've done to help you to get here.

I've been blessed to have a lot of mentors in my life that just have been good people and hard workers. Jae Crowder is one of them; Jimmy Butler is one of them.

Viola Davis, Patti Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julianne Moore. I could go on forever listing names. However... my greatest inspirations have, without a doubt, been my teachers, friends, and family.

Because my home life was nuts, I didn't look to my parents for help. I looked to my teachers. They made me who I am. They took on a parental role. They're like celebrities or heroes to me.

Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

I've had teachers that inspired me, yes. I think teachers play a really important role in people's lives. I had one teacher in particular who helped me through high school and really instilled a confidence in me by just holding me up to a standard I wasn't holding myself up to.

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

Not many young women of my age have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful mentor in their life.

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

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

Teachers are important in this world.

The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.

Role models should be people that you know. Like your mum.

My parents are definitely my biggest role models.