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

I feel like I’m a very good role model for women.

But I don’t really see myself as a role model. I’m not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

As the years went by, working on Broadway, I started seeing that I had a fan base and that they were mostly young girls. They are looking for someone that they can look up to, that they see as a role model. And I don’t take that lightly; it’s a big responsibility.

Be a role model not a critic. Don’t tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do – show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.

My dad wasn’t the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a character.

Kids need role models, whether it’s baseball players, actors or musicians: people to bring a little positive light into their hearts and minds. We need to be a little kinder to those people because it’s not easy being that role model, looked upon as something we are all incapable of being – too perfect.

I feel like I am an inspiration. That’s the word I prefer. I don’t believe that I have to be a role model, someone to be emulated.

All this role model bullshit; you don’t have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.

In 1996, the late, great New York Times columnist William Safire published a column, ‘Blizzard of lies,’ in which he laid out a series of falsehoods by Hillary Rodham Clinton and declared ‘Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady – a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation – is a congenital liar.’

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.

I’m very conscious about the way I treat people because I was never really taught to treat people in a respectful or kind way. I never really saw that role model, so for me, that made me just want to be the opposite of what I had and treat people the opposite of the way I saw other people treat other people.

When you’ve played Buffy – who’s such a strong female role model – it’s really hard for another female character to compare to her.

I’ve changed for the better. I’m much more selfless and humble and you’re reminded about what lifes really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.

Faith Hill is a big role model.

It’s hard for me to believe sometimes that my three kids never met my dad. Because one of the things – one of the real blessings to me is that while my dad left this Earth when I was in my 20s, he’s just as much a part of, of my life now than he was then, in terms of I often think of my dad. I think of what my dad might do in a certain situation. And so he continues to be, you know, my hero, my role model.

Being that I was raised in the Catholic faith, I am very careful about what I choose. I’ve turned down a lot of projects that… could have helped me a lot financially, and I’ve quit shows because of where they were going and because I feel like I have to be a role model for my kids.

I wanted to be like my mum: as strong as her. She was my role model.

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

I’m happy to inspire your seven-year-old child, but I do not want to be her role model.

If I were to think of myself as a role model, I would say that it’s really important to realize when you are a role model and to be willing to give advice, share how you do things.

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.

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

I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.