Role Models Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old role models quotes, role models sayings, and role models proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. Eric Hoffer
They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds. Horace Mann
Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil. Henry Miller
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Albert Schweitzer
There is a transcendent power in example. We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. Madame Anne Sophie Swetchine
Teach him what has been said in the past; then he will set a good example to the children of the magistrates, and judgment and all exactitude shall enter into him. Speak to him, for there is none born wise. Ptahhotep
Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one; whereby in them you may be a blessing, and make the witness of God in them to bless you. George Fox
Children do need the guidance of their parents, and we guide them more by the example we set than by any other way. We need to be firm and sane and fair and consistent—and, above all, we need to discipline in a spirit of love. Billy Graham
I don't know if I want to be a pretend role model to thousands of little girls . . . or a real role model to one. Mona Hibbard
Women don't have enough role models. We have Cyndi Lauper, we have Madonna, we have Prince . . . Maureen Murphy
Strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful Michelle Obama
If you want a role model, choose an old guy. By the time you're grown up they're dead. Torpedo
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; / You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; / I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; / You raise me up' To more than I can be Brendan Graham and Rolf Løvland
It's easy to be cynical. Especially today, when it looks like all our heroes are crooks, our role models frauds. Every now and again, however, when you least expect it, the real thing comes along: someone who can find the heart inside the cynic and give those who hold nothing sacred something to believe in. Chuck Fishman
Did you ever know that you're my hero / And everything I would like to be? / I can fly higher than an eagle / For you are the wind beneath my wings Jeff Silbar; Larry Henley
But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this.' Sonia Sotomayor
Each person must live their life as a model for others. Rosa Parks
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader. Dolly Parton
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? Benjamin Disraeli
As a leader, it’s a major responsibility on your shoulders to practice the behavior you want others to follow. Himanshu Bhatia
Being a role model...is equal parts being who you actually are and what people hope you will be Meryl Streep
The more people look up to me, the more important it is to be concise with what message I want to leave. Ruby Rose
We need good role models, and they have to start at the top. Frank Serpico
I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. Denzel Washington
We tend to become like those we admire. Thomas Monson
Children need role models rather than critics. Joseph Joubert
To change bad habits we must study the habits of successful role models. Jack Canfield
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it. Lana Del Rey
I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model. Queen Latifah
When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether that's as a parent being observed by their kids or a leader under the microscope of their followers - it creates a natural stepping up of how we carry ourselves and what we expect from ourselves. Chip Conley