Be A Role Model Quotes

#1. I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids.

Robbie Williams

#2. A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect you to show up on time and be a professional. But when you're a pop star, you have to do all that, look perfect and be a role model.

Tove Lo

#3. My success has depended wholly on putting things over on people, so I'm not sure that I'm that great a role model. I am, however, an expert on pretending to be an expert on pretending to be an expert.

Meryl Streep

#4. Being a role model is cool and a great honor. I'm grateful to be considered one and will live up to that title by encouraging kids to eat their Wheaties and brush their teeth often.

Jennette McCurdy

#5. I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at odds, because my job has never been to be a role model for young women or teenagers.

Tavi Gevinson

#6. At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.

Lucy Lawless

#7. I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that they consider glamorous, which is acting, and yet I took a time to really get my education and study mathematics, and I think math is the cat's meow.

Danica McKellar

#8. I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want to be a strong role model for my family and for other African Americans.

Jerry Pinkney

#9. Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don't like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading.

Jon Scieszka

#10. I'm a role model now. I didn't know I was gonna have 13-year-old fans, so I've tried to change a few things here and there. But I also know that the girls don't want me to be Miley Cyrus, either.

Nicki Minaj

#11. For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world ... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.

Johan Cruijff

#12. I always say as a celebrity you have two choices - you can be a celebrity, or you can be a role model. You can choose to just go to parties and do the red carpets and all that, or you can choose to be an example to these people.

Amber Riley

#13. But if a role model in her seventies isn't layered with contradictions - as we all come to be - then what good is she? Why bother to cut the silhouette of another's existence and place it against our own if it isn't as incongruous, ambiguous, inconsistent, and paradoxical as our own lives are?

Molly Peacock

#14. It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

Florence Welch

#15. I'm not attempting to be a role model but I accept that roles I've played put me in that position. I don't feel a huge responsibility as an actress to put my young fan base first.

Anne Hathaway

#16. A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their father stand around them, while God stands within their father.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#17. I would like to show that I have a heart, that I am a human being and I have feelings. And to be this kind of role model, not only for beauty pageants but also for life.

Gabriela Isler

#18. To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you

Luke Wood

#19. Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.

ASAP Rocky

#20. I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.

Wilma Rudolph

#21. I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

Gillian Jacobs

#22. I wanted to get away from having a minister who pretends to be a certain type of role model. I don't want my life to serve as an example for anyone.

Kristina Schroder

#23. It's important that I'm a role model and that the companies that I associate myself with feel the same way about their own images. Those are companies I'd like to be associated with.

Tim Howard

#24. I've tried to take the opportunity to be as positive a person as I can be, as positive role model as I can be.

Kyan Douglas

#25. The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and 'chubby' women is because she is representative of conventional beauty.

Jennifer Armintrout

#26. I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.

Atticus Shaffer

#27. It's amazing to be able to play the sport that I grew up loving so much and that I have a strong passion for. I'm just having a ball. There's a lot of pressure that comes with being in the spotlight and being a superstar and a role model, but I'm enjoying it.

Reggie Bush

#28. When I'm out in public I need to be a role model for the kids. I need to be someone they can look up to or portray themselves as.

Mario Chalmers

#29. Batman doesn't want a baby in order to feel he's 'done everything'. He's just saved Gotham again! If this means that Batman must be a feminist role model above, say, Nicola Horlick, then so be it.

Caitlin Moran

#30. I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check myself, because part of me is seen as Eric Camden. We all need as much help as we can get. It's a role model to me as much as to anybody else.

Stephen Collins

#31. 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

#32. There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.

Lindsey Stirling

#33. I never thought that I'd be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that.

Demi Lovato

#34. I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

Curtis Joseph

#35. My mother has always been my role model, and I believe my survival in the entertainment business is in large part due to my desire to be a strong woman like my mother. She is my hero.

Marie Osmond

#36. I never thought I'd be a role model but I think to some people I am or have been.

Bethenny Frankel

#37. I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.

Cathy Freeman

#38. I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

Tatyana Ali

#39. I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I win.

Mariska Hargitay

#40. Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child. He must be selfless. He must be responsible. He must be reliable. He must be a role model. Happy Father's Day to the men who are being real fathers.

Tony Gaskins

#41. I am happy to be a role model for anybody - whether they are black, white, yellow, pink or purple.

Paul Ince

#42. Anybody can be a role model, anybody can.

Selena

#43. I'm pretty confident in who I am. I know that for parents everywhere, it's my job to be a role model, and I'm going to do the best I possibly can.

Selena

#44. Madonna is my role model shes such a powerful woman. I love Gwenyth Paltrow, shes an actress I aspire to be like. And, of course, my mom. She drove me from New Jersey to New York every day for commercials so I could get where I am today.

Kirsten Dunst

#45. Sure, I might not be someone to look up to, but you're no role model either.

S.A. Tawks

#46. 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

#47. I think I've always wanted to be a role model, and I think ... everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model. I think it's like the thing keeping me out of jail.

Mindy Kaling

#48. For me, a male role model would be a man who, despite holding a leadership position, has the courage to say that he wants to reschedule a 7 p.m. meeting for 4 p.m. because he'd really like to be able to put his son to bed.

Kristina Schroder

#49. I don't want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.

Queen Latifah

#50. It's overwhelming ... to know there are hundreds of kids out there that look up to me. I know that's a big responsibility. I am also very confident to say that it is wonderful and I'll do my best that I can do to be the best role model I can be.

Selena

#51. Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to him. In the right situations, I can try to help and be a role model, but I'm still gonna speak my mind, and if that affects the role-model deal, then too bad.

Toby Keith

#52. Since I'm not a fashion model, there's a limit to how nice I can make myself. I don't regard myself as an ugly person, but I don't think of myself as someone who would choose to be a model. I'm somebody who might be, I'd like to think, a role model for people who want to become lawyers.

Cherie Blair

#53. I always tell myself that it is very, very important for me to be a good role model for Alma, my daughter.

Gal Gadot

#54. I'm not trying to be a role model to kids, because I don't have any children, but I do think everyone should have a free spirit.

Chelsea Handler

#55. Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want.

Ben Affleck

#56. 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.

Haile Gebrselassie

#57. 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.

Caroline Wozniacki

#58. I'm a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion

Madonna Ciccone

#59. I'm not letting any stupid decisions get in my way. I want to be a role model, letting girls know that they can follow their dreams.

Miley Cyrus

#60. The power to change comes from within and they have to want to change. Instead, be a role model and encourage by example.

Sharon Law Tucker

#61. I may not be a role model, but at least I'm raising really smart children.

Colleen Hoover

#62. I am pleased that my work has been recognized, and I hope to be a role model.

Guler Sabanci

#63. I have a wide spectrum, a wide demographic. I have the young girls, I have the gay community, I have many regular theatergoers. I do feel a tremendous responsibility and pride to be a role model for some of these young people.

Idina Menzel

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

Barry Bonds

#65. The part of acting business is the struggle to do what you love and to maintain body image and to maintain this sort of false stature of who you're supposed to be as a role model and also who you are supposed to be to yourself personally and privately.

Amber Tamblyn

#66. Even if I never registered my YouTube channel with the intention of being a role model, if I am that for somebody, I can't help it. So I need to be conscious of it and realize that influence can be used for good or bad, and just try to do my best.

Tyler Oakley

#67. 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

#68. Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it.

Sean Paul

#69. I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.

Danica McKellar

#70. Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.

Magnus Scheving

#71. Even the White House is weighing in on the deflate-gate scandal. Yesterday they encouraged Tom Brady to 'be mindful of the way he serves as a role model.' And then President Obama stuffed out his cigarette and went golfing at noon on a weekday.

Jimmy Fallon

#72. But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them.

Hugh Shelton

#73. He was a man.Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be.

Brandon Sanderson

#74. I just know that there are a lot of people out there who are younger than I am, and I wish to be a role model for them. If they have a dream, I want to help them keep that motivation high, so that they can realize their dream. I want to show people that they CAN have fun in life.

Takafumi Horie

#75. If you're going to be a narcissistic schmuck, kid, don't bother studying Faulkner. Go straight to Brett Easton Ellis. He's the role model you need.

Arinn Dembo

#76. You can, of course, be a sexy, strong female and be a good role model.

Ricki-Lee Coulter

#77. I always knew I wanted to play golf and go to college. I try hard to be a positive role model, especially on the golf course. I try to carry myself well, and don't do anything outrageous. I try to play the game like a gentleman and give everyone respect. That's how the game should be played.

Dustin Johnson

#78. It irritated me to my core that we live in an era of ignorance great enough that it was still necessary for me to be a role model, but that didn't change the fact that I was one.

Shonda Rhimes

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

T. Harv Eker

#80. I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.

Magic Johnson

#81. The world needs a person like me so that many other rich people will be able to follow my role model. If they do, many poor people will be helped.

Chen Guangbiao

#82. I never thought I'd be a role model this early. It caught me off-guard, but it says a lot about how I was brought up, what my values have been, and how my parents raised me. It's very flattering that being myself is enough to be a role model.

Danica Patrick

#83. I don't want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people, and how I am as a role model. I don't just want to be, 'He dresses cool' or 'He dresses crazy.' You're going to have lovers and haters. I want my golf game to be the main thing.

Rickie Fowler

#84. Giving teenagers some inspiration, a single role model and an opportunity to be part of something bigger at a critical point in their lives can be the difference between being a productive or being a destructive member of society.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

#85. I was this role model for heavy people. But the thing is, I never set out to be a role model at all, and I don't set out to be one now. I won't preach to anyone and tell them how to lose weight. I don't know any better than the next person.

Ricki Lake

#86. I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods.

Rick Ross

#87. I'd like to be more of a bad influence than a role model. I'm getting lots of boys to wear eye-liner again which is good.

Brian Molko

#88. 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!

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#89. 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.

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

#90. I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.

Paula Creamer

#91. I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter.

Tavi Gevinson

#92. I never really thought about being a role model. I started really young, so at 10 years old, I was still very much the person who needed role models. I wasn't really prepared to be one, but it's always something that I've taken very seriously.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

#93. Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

#94. The older I get, the more I realize I'm becoming people's role models and that's freaky to me. That's not what you intend to do when you set out to be a musician, to be a little 14-year-old's role model.

Ingrid Michaelson

#95. I wasn't trying to be a role model with 'The Dutchess,' but suddenly, seeing little girls in the audience with their moms made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy. It changed things for me.

Fergie

#96. I love having fans of all ages but it's especially cool for me to have young fans. I hope to be a role model for kids who want to follow their dreams.

Hoodie Allen

#97. I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

Charles Barkley

#98. I never thought a role model should be negative.

Michael Jordan

#99. I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.

Nathan Kress

#100. I want to be a good role model for girls and show them they can do whatever they feel passionate about and still live a healthy life.

Miranda Kerr