Quotes by Role Models What we'd consider a positive role model, I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. You'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless. You just speak like a positive role model, and that's just something that you're being conscious of, and you make the decision, "I want to say positive things." Curtis Jackson role-models character thinking I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool. With everything he's done and how professional he's remained through it all, I think he's an awesome role model as far as work ethic and tenacity. He just seems like he knows how to get it done. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. work-ethic role-models thinking I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model. Danica McKellar role-models parent years I never thought I'd be a role model this early. It caught me off-guard, but it says a lot about how I was brought up, what my values have been, and how my parents raised me. It's very flattering that being myself is enough to be a role model. Danica Patrick role-models roles parent I would tell kids not be like me, but to try and be better than me. Because I always wanted to be better than everyone I was around. That's what drove me. I wanted to be better than my role models. I'm super competitive. Danica Patrick role-models trying kids I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship. Daniel Day-Lewis role-models worship hero We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool. David First role-models roles trying We wish we could have been there for you. We didn't have many role models of our own--we latched on to the foolish love of Oscar Wilde and the well-versed longing of Walt Whitman because nobody else was there to show us an untortured path. We were going to be your role models. We were going to give you art and music and confidence and shelter and a much better world. Those who survived lived to do this. But we haven't been there for you. We've been here. Watching as you become the role models. David Levithan role-models giving art I never thought that I'd be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that. Demi Lovato role-models roles kind Young girls look to me as a role model and think I crash diet to keep slim. That's not true, I always eat properly. Denise Van Outen role-models girl thinking It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible. Demetri Martin role-models people thinking I feel like I'm held more accountable to stay healthy now because now I'm a role model to young girls to not have eating issues and to not say, 'Hey, it's OK to starve yourself' or 'It's OK to throw up after your meals' - that's not OK. Demi Lovato role-models issues girl The world needs role models, instead of critics. Denis Waitley role-models motivational integrity Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum. Denis Waitley role-models character children I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models. Derek Jeter role-models winning success You must show the world that you abhor fighting. Desmond Tutu role-models fighting example I mean there's still also an element of the audience looking for role models. In my day, when I started, if you were an action hero, you were a little bit of a role model like the person. Dolph Lundgren role-models hero mean But I think role models also start in the home with your parents. Dominique Wilkins role-models home thinking Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society. Donald Miller males role-models men Some of the most important people in my life would be shocked to learn that they were role models. They weren't celebrities, or even particularly accomplished. But they had some quality that I admired, that made me want to be like them. Donn Moomaw role-models important people «1234567891011»