Quotes About Role model

You need to find yourself a new hero." - Skulduggery Pleasant.

There is no more powerful leadership tool than your own personal example.

The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.

A leader's most powerful ally is his or her own example.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

As is often the case with children, the rule of 'monkey see, monkey do' plays out in the workplace. It's hard to be good role model, and it's one of the greatest challenges of leadership.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -Gwen Goodnight

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.

I think one of the greatest gifts that we can give anybody is the gift of one more honest adult in that person's life—whether [the recipient] be a child or an adult.

ADMIRE means, I really look up to you and the way you are with your cookies. You remind me of what is good and possible in this world.

If he grows up to be half the man you are, he'll be phenomenally successful, and if I can be half the father you've been to me, I'll have surpassed my own standards.

I could completely do without the fame. It makes me self-conscious. It is a responsibility. I believe that if people look up to you in any way, especially kids, then you have a responsibility to inspire them, both in your work and in your life. So, for me, that is a weight.

As a champion, you are supposed to embody professionalism for the entire weight division.

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.

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.

Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day.

I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.

Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers.

My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and was always gone doing that. Then when he was home, he was practicing. And so I always saw it, and I always wanted to do what he did.

What I've been doing, since I am young, is leading by example, practicing hard and doing everything on the court.

Billie-Jean King used to take me out on court and say that she just wanted to watch my forehand. You can't get greater praise than that.

It's about showing the kids from your city that you are worth believing in. It's about being the man your family prayed you'd be.

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.