Quotes About Role model

I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.

Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.

As a kid I got to like hang out with Stephen King. That was like the highlight of my life. Cause I think he's the raddest human being ever.

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.

The male or female that the child has the most exposure to in the first four to six years of its life is the primary imprinter of the child.

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.

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life.

It is almost impossible for children and youth to find their way through the seas of life without the guiding light of a good example.

The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.

I'm sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher.

The last thing this fumbling child needed was to think somebody he was looking to as a role model found him amusing.

I really would love to do a piece like Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron in 'Erin Brockovich' or 'North Country.' They were both so amazing and so inspiring. I would love to touch someone in the way their performances touched me.

I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom.

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

Teach others or be a role model to galvanize your new identity. A social role is powerful.

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper.

My mom is the first female rapper I've ever known. I'm thinking, like, Okay, yeah, this is normal. Everybody's doing this.

Megyn Kelly is one of those rare women who seamlessly combines professional excellence and family. She doesn't need a catch phrase to define what she instinctively has accomplished. She just 'does it.'

If not for my mom, I wouldn't be a writer today. When I was a little girl, I rarely saw her without a book in her hand.