Top 25 Role Model Quotes That Are Inspirational to Encourage You to Be the Best Role Model Possible

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating…too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

The role model thing gets imposed on you by someone else. I don’t think that’s fair.

I think it’s important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I’m proud to be a role model!

Be the role model you needed when you were younger.

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

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.

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.

When you try to be a role model, not everybody can relate to some of your highs – awards, championships. But everybody can relate to the lows. Everybody’s gotten fired from a job or gotten cut. People learn more about you in those lows than they do in the highs.

When you see a role model, what you see is a person who has the courage to be who you wish you could be. Stop wishing and just be.

No human being should be a role model. We all have flaws.

I don’t think you have to be perfect to be a role model.

I try to be myself and, of course, be a good role model. I don’t really find it hard, but you think about what you do and that other people look up to you.

Blame and victim thinking are so ingrained into the fabric of our society it’s hard to find a role model anywhere who simply practices personal accountability in all things.

When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model – whether that’s as a parent being observed by their kids or a leader under the microscope of their followers – it creates a natural stepping up of how we carry ourselves and what we expect from ourselves.

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

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.

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light, and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about.

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

Each person must live their life as a role model for others.

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

A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

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

…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.

Think of yourself as a role model for others-showing that you can be kind, generous, loving, and rich!

I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.