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

When the mortgage giant Fannie Mae recruited Daniel H. Mudd, he told a friend he wanted to work for an altruistic business. Already a decorated marine and a successful executive, he wanted to be a role model to his four children – just as his father, the television journalist Roger Mudd, had been to him.

I believe one’s responsibility as a role model begins and ends with their perception of what a good role model is.

I’m not a role model. I’m a role villain.

I’m not a role model.

I’m not trying to be a role model to kids, because I don’t have any children, but I do think everyone should have a free spirit.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

I just know that there are a lot of people out there who are younger than I am, and I wish to be a role model for them. If they have a dream, I want to help them keep that motivation high, so that they can realize their dream. I want to show people that they CAN have fun in life.

I think having a strong female figure in my mom as an in-house role model was huge and really motivated me to continue to pursue my passion and my dreams.

I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I’m honored and grateful that people feel that they can pull inspiration from me, be inspired by me. But I definitely don’t think I’m a role model. I’m not someone to be imitated.

I never want to be a role model.

My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem–then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.

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.

If you read many of my Middle Grade and YA book series, you would notice the common theme of how the main characters always choose to be good. That’s because when you write for YA, as an author, you automatically become a person of authority. Be a good role model yourself as a YA author. Help teens grow up into responsible and good adults. YA Authors – Don’t get accused of sexual harassment (like some authors) or of encouraging your teen readers to gang up on and bully /harass an author. I’ve been the receiving end of that kind of behavior, and it is cyberbullying and harassment. Authors and anyone in a position of authority who encourage teens and kids to cyberbully another human being is not a good role model.

I read every single letter. Some just break my heart. I’ve cried over letters that have come in, from young women and older women alike, saying to me, ‘You know, you made me want to stop crash dieting and just be healthy. You are my role model. I want to be like you.’

I’m a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion.

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

Lupe Velez was way before me; Dolores Del Rio was way before me, so I had no one. So the only one I could think of that I identified with was this gorgeous creature named Elizabeth Taylor, so she became my role model.

I think Dr Dre really evolved and really is a great role model for young people that have had to survive and thrive against all odds. He was able to turn his life around and create an empire and become a successful family person.

I’m happy people look at me as a role model.

I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.

I can’t let the baggage of my private life get into work. Artists are more fragile than normal people. But I know that I am a role model for zillions of people, so no matter how deep you are hurting, you need to come out strong.

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

My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.