Quotes About Role models

I look up to so many powerful women who succeeded before me and I'm here doing my thing to inspire women who will come after me.

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.

It's always great to know successful people like Canelo, especially those that make our country proud.

I definitely look up to Troye Sivan and Shawn Mendes as people that have successfully made the jump into the music world. I think it's incredible that they have been able to do that because it's not easy.

There's a lot to be said for men of color to be presented successfully. That's something beautiful - when you're a kid to see somebody that looks like you presented that way.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that's why you see all the drug busts and the killings and the seamier side of life. I personally take the view that it's not sufficient to portray only negative role models. It's not enough to say 'no' to drugs. What do you say 'yes' to?

I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

I very much looked up to Janet Evans and Summer Sanders.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

So, for thousands of years, you humans have needed kings, priests, philosophers, fine examples to look up to and say, 'They are good, I wish I could be like them.

I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

We largely become what we have observed and respected.

I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.

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!

predicted a few years ago that there would be an increase in violent behavior by young females from their exposure to the bombardment of violent, female role models in the media.

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

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

We all need people who sow aspiration into our lives. Phil Knight & Bill Bowerman have and continues to inspire me. Who inspires you?.

I think more everyday heroes are just what America needs ~ especially right now. Collectively, they could be a powerful antidote to the cynicism, self-absorption, and greed that are weakening our nation. At the same time, whenever someone chooses to do the right thing, to tackle the tough job, or to stand up for what he or she truly believes in, that person quietly becomes a force for good, as well as a role model for others.

The story of Theodore Roosevelt," one biographer has suggested, "is the story of a small boy who read about great men and decided he wanted to be like them.