Role Models Quotes – Some of the most inspiring Role Models quotations

People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.

People of African descent, most of us grew up accepting and loving Spider-Man. I still love Spider-Man. I still love the Incredible Hulk. I still have those characters that were white role models, superheroes, heroes – whatever you want to call it. You basically had no choice but to accept those.

We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are.

I was brought up in the ’80s. I was born in 1975. So by the time I got to 10 and I kind of knew that I probably was going to have to be a grown-up lady at some point, the feminine role models that I had were kind of the cast of ‘Dynasty’ and ‘Dallas.’ And I just found that terrifying.

Don’t believe in role models, but if I do, then I’m mine.

Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.

My role models are Madhuri Dixit and Kajol. Both actresses have done a wide variety of roles. That is something I wish to do. On the other hand, I also want to be like a Hugh Jackman or an Angelina Jolie because of the lives they have outside movies. Because of the kind of balance they strike between their work and life outside of it.

Teaching is another area I like to explore. I’ve had a lot of great role models and people who have taken the time over the years to help me – and the wheel turns.

I think we have powerful role-models among us in the American West. Certainly the Hopis, a timeless civilization that understands sustainability and what that means about living in harmony, in tandem with the natural world. We have much to learn from them, and they will survive us, I feel certain about that.

I believe that athletes – especially female athletes in the world’s leading sport for women – should serve as role models.

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!

All the role models are being exposed and this is good because role models are shit. The quicker we exposed them the better. The whole concept of role models is frightful! You gotta make your own role.

Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some discipline or some rewards. We need to be motivated.

I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists – you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they’re 70.

Parents must lead by example. Don’t use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children’s first and most important role models.

It’s good for kids to look up to sporting role models.

I think right now the way society’s going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn’t have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I’ve been lost many times in my life, and I’ve had to have someone guide me back on the right path.

Oddly, I think if you look at comic books, you look at the shelves in the store, it’s predominantly male characters, historically. But if you look outside the window it’s 52-percent female, and something odd is going on there. So I do think it’s your responsibility as a writer, really, to create stuff that little girls can get into too. I want my daughters to have role models that are female.

I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.

I think that in the Christian community, we’re lacking a lot of things, and I don’t know that it’s just children’s role models.

The most important role models in people’s lives, it seems, aren’t superstars or household names. They’re ‘everyday’ people who quietly set examples for you-coaches, teachers, parents. People about whom you say to yourself, perhaps not even consciously, ‘I want to be like that.’

If there were any people who were my role models I would just say it was my family’s influence and the family and the kids around me.

Companies and leaders are role models – not just with the business community – but in the broader world.

Maybe I’ve had a sheltered life and career, but I have so many role models to look up to. It’s normal that I would strive to build my own career.

We as parents are our children’s first and best role models, and this is particularly true when it comes to their health. …We can’t lie around on the couch eating French fries and candy bars and expect our kids to eat carrots and run around the block.