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

Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you’re responsible for your actions.

Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine… so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.

I realise that every time my face is on TV or I’m playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.

I’ve always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.

I’m not a role model. I’m an aberation. A statistical anomaly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could ever do.

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

I don’t know if I am a role model, but I’ve had young kids write to me. I try to write songs that I wish I would have heard when I was younger. It’s kind of strange to think of yourself as a role model. That wouldn’t be a bad job.

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 don’t seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don’t want to be anybody’s role model.

I’m really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

I’m not preaching about things you should do, I’m not political or anything. I’m probably not the best role model.

I don’t think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to offer people a helping hand when and if I can, just the same way that others have helped me. I think that it’s important to keep that cycle going, and to give back to whatever your personal definition of community is.

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. He is a great role model for me.

When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.

Now my mom designs to resign so she runs for US senate, and now at 67 my mom just launched a new company called Women’s Leadership Live, she is the cofounder and CEO, and it’s all about empowering women to be successful in business however they define success. When you have a role model like that you really don’t ever look at gender as an issue and it’s about owning your place and taking charge of your role, regardless of what you look like.

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.

First of all, I try to be a positive role model.

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

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.

Today I detach from other people’s dramas. I love them and pray for them. I am a role model of peace for them. But I no longer rescue them, or put my own needs last. It is my right to be happy and to help others as I feel lovingly guided instead from guilt or obligation. I respect my feelings and expect others to do so too. And so it is!

I want to set the example my mother set for me: a strong female role model who faces challenges takes risks and conquers fears. I want my children to know that as women they can do whatever they dream as long as they believe in themselves. More than anything it is my responsibility to instill in my daughters the knowledge that they can have a family and everything else too.

I think the best thing, or the greatest thing my girls have going for them, is having their mother as a role model.

A responsibility to be a role model as a father yes, as a man, as a public figure, yes. That responsibility just leads me to do what I feel is right and to conduct myself with the moral standards, principles, and integrity that were instilled in me by my family.

When I was a teenager, a mean comment would have hurt me deeply, I’ve made it my mission to be a role model for young girls and boys and help show them that other people’s words or opinions have nothing to do with how beautiful they actually are.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn’t ask to be a role model, because I’m not perfect.