Top 20 Role Model Quotes That Are Inspirational to Encourage You to Be the Best Role Model Possible

God only knows we need a great role model as a leader who is more leader than they are male or female, who is more about their mission that serves everyone than about ego and personal ambition that only serves them.

I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be something you wanna be and you can’t find one, is that a reason to not be what you wanna be? No!

Who comes to your mind when you think of your role model in life?

Let’s make our role model famous, instead of making famous people our role model…

I don’t have just one role model – rather, pieces of inspiration from many different entrepreneurs. One of the great things about being an entrepreneur is that it naturally enables you to build a village of advisors and role models.

If I can’t serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.

In a fast changing world, choosing a role model becomes exceedingly tough. An easier option could be to chose anti-role-models. . . people you would not like to be, or things you would not like to do!

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

The greatest joy a parent can have and an affirmation of being an outstanding role model is when your child tells you she wants to be just like you. So be the most outstanding you because when you become a parent one day, your children will be proud to be just like you.

I think what people love about the Steve Jobs story is not just the track record at Apple, but that comeback story, that he was thrown out of Apple, came back and built the company even greater. And that perseverance is so important in terms of entrepreneurship. And nobody is a better role model for that, for all entrepreneurs all over the world than Steve Jobs.

I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.

Being a role model is a privilege.

Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities.

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become–whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm–her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, ‘Yes, someone like me can do this.

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

A role model for me is somebody who is really empathetic and has a calm strength to them. Sometimes you meet random people and they’re really inspiring because they seem wise; they’ve gone through things.

It’s a sad reality if a guy like Charles Koch doesn’t qualify as a role model. It’s just sad.

I think a role model is a person who says, ‘This is who I am.’

To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you.