Choose Your Mentors
Browse 8 mentors from history and literature. Build your personal board of advisors.
8 mentors found
Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance Italy, 15th-16th Century
Known for
Embodying the Renaissance ideal through art, science, engineering, and insatiable curiosity
Learning never exhausts the mind.
From: The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
64 mentor adoptions
Thomas Edison
19th-20th Century America
Known for
The light bulb, phonograph, and relentless experimentation
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
From: Historical Figures Collection
64 mentor adoptions
Alexander Graham Bell
19th century America/Canada
Known for
Inventor of the telephone and tireless advocate for deaf education
When one door closes, another opens—but we often look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened
From: The Story of My Life: With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy
56 mentor adoptions
Michael Faraday
19th century England
Known for
Self-taught scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction and founded the field of electrochemistry
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature
From: Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work
54 mentor adoptions
Jules Verne
19th century France
Known for
Father of science fiction who envisioned submarines, space travel, and technologies decades before their invention
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real
From: Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
53 mentor adoptions
G. Westinghouse
19th-20th Century America
Known for
Air brakes, AC power systems, and ethical business leadership
"If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied."
From: Historical Figures Collection
43 mentor adoptions
Auguste Escoffier
19th-20th Century France
Known for
Father of modern French cuisine and kitchen organization
"Good cooking is the foundation of genuine happiness."
From: A guide to modern cookery
42 mentor adoptions
Nikola Tesla
19th-20th Century Serbia/America
Known for
Alternating current, wireless power, and visionary genius
"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."
From: The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla: With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting
29 mentor adoptions