Quotes and Sayings about Role Models

Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.

Rajon Rondo

Training

When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.

Kurt Warner

Being a role model does not mean being perfect.

Girl from Nowhere - Season 1 Episode 1

One of the many things I love about Daenerys from Game of Thrones is she's given me an opportunity to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody's wife and somebody's girlfriend.

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen Girls

It's about the kind of example we want to set for our children and grandchildren. Next time you see Trump on TV, think about all the children listening across America. You know, kids hear a lot more than we think.

Hillary Clinton - August 2016

Donald Trump

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

Charles Barkley

Basketball

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

Oliver Goldsmith

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Good & Evil

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

Barry Bonds

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

Children & Childhood Upbringing

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

Wayne Rooney

Fathers Father & Son

Young people need models, not critics.

John Wooden

Upbringing

Let's be very clear: Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

Michelle Obama

Men Strength

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

Ayrton Senna

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Rosa Parks

Selflessness

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A true leader does what is right, no matter what others think.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Responsibility Leaders

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

Nelson Mandela

Leaders

Only the most broken people can be great leaders.

Namor in Black Panther - 2: Wakanda Forever

Leaders

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Thomas J. Watson

Leaders

Leaders always step up, regardless of the circumstances.

Scott Morrison

Leaders

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

Leaders

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Andrew Carnegie

Leaders

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

Leaders

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Jack Welch

Leaders

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden

Upbringing

Children have got to be free to lead their own lives.

Sebastian in The Little Mermaid

Children & Childhood Upbringing

The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands.

Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones - Season 1 Episode 4

Hands

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

Rajon Rondo

Coaches

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

Muhammad Ali

Ambition Training

That's what every quarterback wants. Just go out and play and not have to look over your shoulder.

Kurt Warner

Quarterbacks

Even in the darkness, diamonds still shine.

Girl from Nowhere - Season 1 Episode 3

Diamonds

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

Emilia Clarke

Books Reading

After all, I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Anna Scott in Notting Hill

Valentine's Day Romantic Quotes Girls

This weekend, millions of Americans will celebrate Cinco de Mayo and pay tribute to the rich history and courage of the Mexican people. This day of pride and celebration for Mexican Americans has been embraced by Americans of all backgrounds as a tribute to our deep historical, cultural and economic ties to Mexico. It is an opportunity to recognize the many ways in which Mexican Americans enrich the country with their culture.

Hillary Clinton

Mexico Cinco de Mayo

I don't care what people think. People are stupid.

Charles Barkley

Humanity

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

Stephen Curry

Basketball Golden State Warriors

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

Oliver Goldsmith

Age

They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Kings Thailand

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

Voldemort / Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Power Good & Evil

I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.

Barry Bonds

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Roy L. Smith

Work Patience & Endurance Motivation

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Children & Childhood Hearing & Listening

Barcelona are a brilliant team and in my opinion Andrés Iniesta is the best player in the world.

Wayne Rooney

Andrés Iniesta FC Barcelona

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms, when his hands are empty.

Children & Childhood Fathers Father & Daughter

A boy's best friend is his father.

Father & Son

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

John Wooden

Small Things

Being president doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are.

Michelle Obama - August 2020, Democratic National Convention

Power

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

Lies Men Taking action Talking

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Uncle Ben in Spider-Man

Power Responsibility Strength

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