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

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.’

I don’t think you should do things in your personal life differently because you’re a role model.

It’s sad but true that if you focus your attention on housework and meal preparation and diapers, raising children does start to look like drudgery pretty quickly. On the other hand, if you see yourself as nothing less than your child’s nurturer, role model, teacher, spiritual guide, and mentor, your days take on a very different cast.

Being a role model is equal parts being who you actually are and what people hope you will be.

A role model is an imperfect person, not a perfect person, because that’s who we are as real people.

Being a role model…is equal parts being who you actually are and what people hope you will be.

I’m the one person who wears the words ‘hustle, loyalty, respect’ on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It’s very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it’s even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, ‘I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re a role model for my son.’

My role model didn’t tell me, he showed me.

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.

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.

When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model – whether thats 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.

Be the role model you needed when you were younger.

I have to tell you, I’m proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people’s lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.

I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.

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

By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life.

Being a role model is a privilege.

I feel like you can be the best role model by being yourself.

Everyone knows someone struggling in some kind of way. You are a role model to so many people, even if you don’t realize it. Take someone under your wing. Show them the right way to do things.

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.

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

We usually look outside ourselves for heroes and teachers. It has not occurred to most people that they may already be the role model they seek. The wholeness they are looking for may be trapped within themselves by beliefs, attitudes, and self-doubt. But our wholeness exists in us now. Trapped though it may be, it can be called upon for guidance, direction, and most fundamentally, comfort. It can be remembered. Eventually we may come to live by it.

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.

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I’m preaching, I’m practicing.