Top 40 Role Model Quotes That Are Inspirational to Encourage You to Be the Best Role Model Possible

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

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become–whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm–her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. 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 I can’t serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I know the first female astronauts selected were definitely an inspiration to me, and so maybe I will be a 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.

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

A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.

Beginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations. Demand that you demonstrate a strength of character in such a way that you find pride in who you are, and that others see you as a role model.

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

A role model is an imperfect person, not a perfect person, because that’s who we are as real people.

Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities.

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

I don’t have just one role model – rather, pieces of inspiration from many different entrepreneurs. One of the great things about being an entrepreneur is that it naturally enables you to build a village of advisors and role models.

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

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!

By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life.

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

I don’t think you have to be perfect to be a role model.

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

When you try to be a role model, not everybody can relate to some of your highs – awards, championships. But everybody can relate to the lows. Everybody’s gotten fired from a job or gotten cut. People learn more about you in those lows than they do in the highs.

I don’t want to be a bad role model.

Being a role model is about being true to myself.

Be the role model you needed when you were younger.

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

It’s amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes.

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.

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

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

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.

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

The greatest joy a parent can have and an affirmation of being an outstanding role model is when your child tells you she wants to be just like you. So be the most outstanding you because when you become a parent one day, your children will be proud to be just like you.

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

Being a role model is a privilege.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.