Good Role Models Quotes

#1. People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

Andrew Shue

#2. It's important for little girls to have characters to look up to, and also be entertained by the fantasy parts. There are a lot of not-so-good role models out there for younger kids, it's good to have someone they can relate to on television.

Phoebe Tonkin

#3. the only truly fearless people I've ever met were straight-up sociopaths and a few exceptionally reckless three-year-olds - and those aren't good role models for anyone. The

Elizabeth Gilbert

#4. The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!

Dante Hall

#5. I wouldn't say there's a need for the Spice Girls, but I'd say there's a place for the Spice Girls. There's certainly a place for them, but you don't promote the Spice Girls at the expense of promoting what I think are good role models for girls. You need to create some kind of equality.

Greg Graffin

#6. Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models. To be someone that people look up to is important to me.

Justin Bieber

#7. My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

#8. I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.

Magnus Scheving

#9. I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.

Edwidge Danticat

#10. We are all role models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact - for good.

Tony Dungy

#11. 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.

William S. Burroughs

#12. I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them.

Christopher Parker

#13. I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to.

Melanie Iglesias

#14. SpongeBob is a good role model as far as imaginary creatures go. He works hard and his emotional highs are very high, he's either giddy or utterly devastating and crying like a lawnsprinkler ... SpongeBob is bipolar.

Tom Kenny

#15. Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

James Baldwin

#16. The Christian-Judaic God does not exist, and if He did exist as described in the Bible, He would certainly not be a good role model.

Robert Sherrill

#17. If you feel dirty, insignificant or unloved, then rats are a good role model. They exist without permission, they have no respect for the hierarchy of society, and they have sex 50 times a day.

Banksy

#18. It's good to have female or minority role models. But the important thing is to have mentors who care about you, and they come in all colors.

Condoleezza Rice

#19. I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

Michael Redhill

#20. I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good at his studies.

Sidney Altman

#21. Women can be incredible role models for their kids, neighbors and communities just by making good choices in terms of what they're eating and whether they're exercising.

Brandi Chastain

#22. I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.

Kevin James

#23. I had the vision of creating my own camp to make sure I was teaching the campers what I wanted. Plus I picked other players that were good on the field and off so we could be great role models for these girls to look up to. I hope to inspire others and encourage them to go after their dreams.

Jennie Finch

#24. 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

#25. Whether we like it or not, we are high-profile athletes. We're role models. Kids come up to me all the time to talk and it makes me remember when I was a kid and I got to meet Jerry Rice and how much that meant to me. And how we've got to set a good example.

Jonathan Vilma

#26. I write fiction that reflects Islamic logic: fictional worlds where cause and effect are governed by Muslim rationale. However, my characters do not necessarily behave as 'good' Muslims; they are not ideals or role models.

Leila Aboulela

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

Gal Gadot

#28. You can talk about right and wrong and good and bad all day long, but ultimately people need to see it. Seeing and studying the actual lives of people is simply the best way to communicate ideas about how to behave and how not to behave. We need heroes and role models.

Eric Metaxas

#29. Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage.

Cicely Tyson

#30. 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.

Larry Ellison