Quotes and Sayings About Role Models
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Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
-- Abdul Kalam -
Certainly when I got to medical school, I had role models of the kind of physicians I wanted to be. I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around, but he carried it off so well.
-- Abraham Verghese -
Gene Autry was a pioneering star in the early days of music, radio, film, television and rodeo performances. I am proud to posthumously honor such an inspiring role model
-- Adam Schiff -
I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women.
-- Agyness Deyn -
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I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.
-- Albert Pujols -
Playing Unique hasn’t changed how I feel about myself, but it has changed how I hold myself. Unique is so confident that I found myself [saying], ‘You need to be the role model that your character intends you to be.’
-- Alex Newell -
I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.
-- Alexa ChungSource : "Alexa Chung: 'I'm probably not the best role model'" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.
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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 -
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People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.
-- Andrew Shue -
I didn't have a role model when I was younger.
-- Andy Cohen -
It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best.
-- Angie Stone -
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I get irritated when people counsel me on what I should do with my life, or tell me I should get married, or tell me what I should do. I think people have their role models for happiness and it helps if others fit into that.
-- Anjelica HustonSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.
-- Anna Maria ChavezSource : "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago — Now it’s Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.
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A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security - that connects options in a more or less ordered pattern. (...) [T]he selection or creation of lifestyles is influenced by group pressures and the visibility of role models, as well as by socioeconomic circumstances.
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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 WinterSource : "Exclusive: Ariel Winter of Modern Family". Interview, www.seventeen.com. February 16, 2011.
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Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.
-- ASAP RockySource : "ASAP Rocky on gay rights: 'I treat everybody equal'" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. March 26, 2013.
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My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.
-- Ashley Tisdale -
Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.
-- Athol FugardSource : "Once upon a life" by Athol Fugard, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2010.
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The only pressure comes form myself. I put pressure on myself at first just because I was intimidated. When I made Amy Poehler laugh, it was a big thing for me. She's been one of my role models since high school, because she started UCB, which is what I wanted to do since high school.
-- Aubrey Plaza -
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I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.
-- Barry BondsSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
-- Barry WilliamsSource : Source: thequietus.com
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We need more drag king role models for all those interested in the art
-- BeBe Zahara Benet -
A manager can't act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
-- Ben Horowitz -
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I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?
-- Benigno Aquino III -
Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness.
-- Benjamin Hooks -
It's hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don't have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription: Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer? Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.
-- Bernie Siegel -
Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.
-- Beth DittoSource : "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2008.
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Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you are going to pretend it's youth, you are going to miss it. You are going to miss the surprises, the possibilities, and the evolution that we are just beginning to know about because there are no role models, no guideposts, and no signs.
-- Betty Friedan -
Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
-- Bianca Jagger