Top 100 Role Model Quotes
#1. I think that when you're in the public eye, you automatically become a role model, because people are reading about you and looking at pictures of stuff you've done. But, you know, no one's perfect, everyone makes mistakes. I have made mistakes and I will make mistakes. I'm only human.
Dakota Fanning
#2. I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on.
Ivan Lendl
#3. Blame and victim thinking are so ingrained into the fabric of our society it's hard to find a role model anywhere who simply practices personal accountability in all things.
John G. Miller
#4. To me Paul is a role model. He is the best midfielder I've seen in the last 15 or 20 years.
Xavi
#5. Every one of us is a role model. We just don't know yet for whom.
Mimi Strong
#6. Trying to be a leader in a sort of very atypical workplace like 'Saturday Night Live' forces you to realize that no one wants you to be their leader. If you can help them get their thing on TV or whatever, they want that. But no adult is looking for a role model.
Tina Fey
#7. How can I be a man if there is no role model?
Tupac Shakur
#8. While my father was a diplomat rather than a business person, I count him as a critically important formative role model. He was comfortable living and working all around the world, wherever he was assigned.
Muhtar Kent
#9. I don't really understand why I should be a role model but I know that children do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.
Josh Peck
#10. Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model.
Martin Jacques
#11. I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.
Curtis Stone
#13. A lot of times, I get asked, 'Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?' I don't see that happening as much to guys. I feel like, just because I'm a girl, I'm supposed to take more responsibility? Is that how it works?
Tove Lo
#14. When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
#15. 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
#16. Everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model.
Mindy Kaling
#17. My dad wasn't the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a character.
Randy Houser
#18. I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.
Selena Gomez
#19. Jesus, as a philosopher is wonderful. There's no greater role model, in my view, than Jesus Christ. It's just a shame that most of the people who follow him and call themselves Christians act nothing like him.
Bill Maher
#20. I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.
Clay Aiken
#21. I wrote my first 30 books as a teacher. I would read to my classes, and they'd give me feedback. I was trying to role model.
Eric Walters
#22. Without a positive male role model in your life, it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
Donald Miller
#23. I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there's another way.
MC Hammer
#24. 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
#25. I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.
Brandi Carlile
#26. I'm not a role model, nor have I ever tried to be a role model. The only thing about me as a role model is I've managed to stay here and be working and survive. For 40 years.
Cher
#27. Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities.
Michael Bassey
#28. That raccoon is my goddamn role model. He is the worst and best Patronus ever, and I want to be just like him when I grow up.
Jenny Lawson
#29. Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.
Erin Gray
#30. But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grandmother who in her quiet determined way was a role model for her two daughters, and who left a lasting impression on so many who knew her.
Judy Woodruff
#31. I feel like I'm a very good role model for women.
Blu Cantrell
#32. I never thought I'd be a role model at this age. I just have to be myself.
Mo'ne Davis
#33. I can't let the baggage of my private life get into work. Artists are more fragile than normal people. But I know that I am a role model for zillions of people, so no matter how deep you are hurting, you need to come out strong.
Bipasha Basu
#34. More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.
Kiana Tom
#35. I'm very fond of the British cinema. I'm a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very inspirational, especially on the physical side of things. He really inspired me to get back into shape when I started to add on a few pounds. I think he's a great role model.
Steven Bauer
#36. I'm glad to be a role model, but beyond that I'm a flawed human being, someone who continues to deal with my body image and what my purpose is on the planet.
Sara Ramirez
#37. I'm very sensitive about being held up as some sort of example. I don't consider myself any sort of role model at all. I have great advantages over many other working women, and my schedule allows me more time with my kids than many working women have.
Jane Pauley
#38. Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.
Denis Waitley
#39. My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.
Maria Shriver
#40. Hilary Duff has been my role model forever. I went to her concert like right when her music started coming out when I was probably like 11. I was just amazed by her. So now, to be compared to her, it's like ... holy moly. It's so cool!
Miley Cyrus
#41. I don't think of myself as a role model, but I can see that I am.
Jennifer Doudna
#42. I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me.
Eric Davis
#43. But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!
Isabella Rossellini
#44. I'm not sure I have a role model per se, but I do deeply admire every woman who raises children and has to walk for water.
Anna D. Shapiro
#45. I'm open about having bipolar disorder. I'm open about being of mixed race. I'm open about being bisexual, and I have this wantingness to talk about it, and for me, it's about more than being a role model for any specific community.
Halsey
#46. I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless.
Curtis Jackson
#47. I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.
Chris Burke
#49. Culture changes because of musicians and actors and actresses. There's a responsibility there. You may ignore the responsibility. You may choose to be a bad role model. But, you are a role model nonetheless.
Kirk Cameron
#50. I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold.
Natalie Portman
#51. Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.
James Iha
#52. Studies show that even a brief connection with a role model can vastly increase unconscious motivation.
Daniel Coyle
#53. Role model? I don't have one. I want to be one.
Kim Him-chan
#54. It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!
Susan Wojcicki
#55. For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies.
Joan Chen
#56. To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.
PJ Harvey
#57. Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do.
Kel Mitchell
#59. If, by the way I play, I can be a role model or encourage someone else, that would be great.
Lisa Leslie
#60. I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
R. Lee Ermey
#61. A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?
Stephen Colbert
#62. Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the World No.1 right now, I wish to be a positive role model and a sportsperson that people respect, and enjoy watching.
Rory McIlroy
#63. Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.
Brooks Robinson
#64. I don't wanna be a role model. I'd like to be an inspiration.
Tairrie B
#65. Strategy, role-model, systems thinking, trust, relationship management, balance, etc., are all important culture change principles.
Pearl Zhu
#66. I did not have any role model. I could not learn anything from the female voice that male poets used, a voice which is more "feminine" than female. Nor could I learn anything from ancient female poetry that only sang about love, the feeling of farewell and longing for others.
Kim Hyesoon
#67. A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
Tionne Watkins
#68. I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.
Bobby Knight
#69. Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to.
Leon Spinks
#70. Last time I was starstruck was when I met Roger Federer. He is one of the few athletes that I really look up to - incredibly talented both on and off the track and a great role model for tennis.
Henrik Lundqvist
#71. If you want your girls to feel strong and intelligent and be outspoken and fight for what they think is right, then I want to be that type of role model.
Megan Fox
#72. I really believe that's one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don't realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model.
Brian Littrell
#75. Joan Rivers was a role model to comics everywhere, but especially to women. She got the first laugh and the last laugh.
Judy Gold
#76. BenJarvus Green-Ellis was great to me. He's the type of person that you want to learn from because he understands the game and he's been in the league for a while. He's a great role model to a lot of guys on the team, including myself.
Giovani Bernard
#77. I'm not a role model ... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
Charles Barkley
#78. My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.
Jennie Finch
#79. My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like, 'Yeah! Burgers are cool!'
Gigi Hadid
#80. I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.
Alice Walker
#81. Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!
Jack Wilshere
#82. One of the things I want to do is be a decent role model. I've got a lot of emails and stuff from children. They look up to me. Kids get different labels and things like that and I want those kids to succeed.
Temple Grandin
#83. I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.
Ann Richards
#84. You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.
Isaac Mizrahi
#85. I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.
Albert Pujols
#86. I never wanted to model myself on a female singer, which tells you a lot about my character. I didn't have a female role model. There just wasn't anybody around. I played with the boys and beat them at their own game.
Suzi Quatro
#87. I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.
Miley Cyrus
#88. When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent.
Kathleen Hanna
#89. If the accident of genes has put you in a place where you can be a role model, then be somebody!
Lauren Hutton
#90. I want to get to a point in my career where I can be a role model. A good one. I want to say, 'I got here without drugs, and I got here without drinking or smoking. If I can do it, you can do it. I have no doubt.' I really want kids to have a chance in life.
Chad Michael Murray
#91. Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.
Al-Waleed Bin Talal
#92. I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.
Lisa Leslie
#93. In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to someone else - sort of like an athlete, where you become a role model to someone.
Scott Avett
#94. I want to be someone who can be a role model to kids - and to everyone, for that matter.
Patrick Kane
#95. A Swedish ambassador to the United States joked that nobody in America believes him when he says his country isn't socialist anymore. Liberals still refer to it as a role model, conservatives as a cautionary tale, but it is neither
Tim Kane
#96. I don't have a role model, but I certainly have always enjoyed Neil Young. I had the great pleasure and opportunity to watch him from the side of the stage on a couple of occasions, and his on-stage sound is incredible.
Kevin Shields
#97. I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material.
Bonnie Tyler
#98. I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!
Marlen Esparza
#99. My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids!
Ariel Winter
#100. My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me.
Garance Dore
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