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

May 8, 2019 By Neil Ball


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

— Denzel Washington

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

— Peggy Whitson

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.

— Brendon Burchard

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!

— Sally Ride

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

— Eric Allenbaugh

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

— Kelly Clarkson

It’s a sad reality if a guy like Charles Koch doesn’t qualify as a role model. It’s just sad.

— Rush Limbaugh

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.

— Sonia Sotomayor

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.

— P. J. O’Rourke

Being a role model is a privilege.

— Allyson Felix

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

— Doreen Virtue

Faith Hill is a big role model.

— Taylor Swift

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

— John Wooden

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

— Meryl Streep

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

— T. Harv Eker

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.

— Sonia Sotormayor

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

— Denzel Washington

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.

— Eric Allenbaugh

God only knows we need a great role model as a leader who is more leader than they are male or female, who is more about their mission that serves everyone than about ego and personal ambition that only serves them.

— Mark Goulston

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.

— Joe Lonsdale

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

— Kevin Johnson

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light, and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about.

— Tiger Woods

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.

— Tony Robbins

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.

— Kailin Gow

We usually look outside ourselves for heroes and teachers. It has not occurred to most people that they may already be the role model they seek. The wholeness they are looking for may be trapped within themselves by beliefs, attitudes, and self-doubt. But our wholeness exists in us now. Trapped though it may be, it can be called upon for guidance, direction, and most fundamentally, comfort. It can be remembered. Eventually we may come to live by it.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

I don’t want to be a bad role model.

— Kylie Jenner

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.

— John Wooden

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

— Jim Brown

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.

— Sheryl Sandberg

I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.

— Jennifer Lopez

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.

— Chip Conley

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.

— Julia Hartz

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

— Pilou Asbaek

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

— Shannen Doherty

I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.

— Dakota Fanning

I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.

— Christian Louboutin

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

— Rosa Parks

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

— Anonymous

A role model for me is somebody who is really empathetic and has a calm strength to them. Sometimes you meet random people and they’re really inspiring because they seem wise; they’ve gone through things.

— BANKS

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!

— Sandeep Sahajpal
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