Top 60 Role Model Quotes That Are Inspirational to Encourage You to Be the Best Role Model Possible

Being a role model is about being true to myself.

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!

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.

You are in charge of your feelings, beliefs, and actions. And you teach others how to behave toward you. While you cannot change other people, you can influence them through your own behaviors and actions. By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life.

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.

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.

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

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.

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

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 equal parts being who you actually are and what people hope you will be.

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

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

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

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

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!

I don’t want to be a bad role model.

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

Find a great role model, perhaps someone who struggled and only really succeeded when older. Their biography and what they’ve done differently from you will help you. If such a person is willing to mentor you or at least allow you to work around them, great.

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!

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model.

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

Be a role model just because you can and because you care.

I don’t think you have to be perfect to be 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.

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.

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

We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.

Be a role model of happiness and joy, which will pull everyone – including yourself – upward.

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

You should be careful what you choose to see as a role model, whereas inspiration can come from anywhere.

…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.

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 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.

It’s my responsibility to help others. To be a positive example. I want to be a role model for others, to help others like me get a chance.

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

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

Faith Hill is a big role model.

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.

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.

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.

Everyone should try to live their life like they’d like to be a role model.

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

I don’t hold myself out as a role model. I don’t believe that everyone should make the same choices; that everyone has to want to be a CEO, or everyone should want to be a work-at-home mother. I want everyone to be able to choose. But I want us to be able to choose unencumbered by gender choosing for us.

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.

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

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.’

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.

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

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren’t, we should behave as though we are — cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

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.

The best thing I could do is build a successful company and continue to innovate and be in the right role I want to be in. If I’m not doing that, I’m inauthentic. That’s not a good role model to anyone. That, to me, is the most important thing.

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

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.

Being a role model is a privilege.

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.

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