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

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

Let’s make our role model famous, instead of making famous people our role model…

Faith Hill is a big role model.

I try to be myself and, of course, be a good role model. I don’t really find it hard, but you think about what you do and that other people look up to you.

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.

I don’t have an inspiration, I don’t have a role model. I like to meet different people and gain something from their experiences and their lives. I take inspiration and worth through what they’ve gone through. I don’t have one person I look up to always, apart from the person that I am, if that makes sense. I just look up to the person that I was yesterday and I just try to better myself whichever way I can.

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

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.’

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

I don’t want to be a bad role model.

Being a role model is a privilege.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I’m the one person who wears the words ‘hustle, loyalty, respect’ on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It’s very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it’s even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, ‘I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re a role model for my son.’

I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be something you wanna be and you can’t find one, is that a reason to not be what you wanna be? No!

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

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

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.

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.

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

Everyone should try to live their life like they’d like to be a role model.

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

I think what people love about the Steve Jobs story is not just the track record at Apple, but that comeback story, that he was thrown out of Apple, came back and built the company even greater. And that perseverance is so important in terms of entrepreneurship. And nobody is a better role model for that, for all entrepreneurs all over the world than Steve Jobs.

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.

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.

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

When you see a role model, what you see is a person who has the courage to be who you wish you could be. Stop wishing and just be.

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.

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

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model.