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1 " If your kid needs a role model and you ain't it, you're both fucked. "
― George Carlin , Brain Droppings
2 " Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life. "
― John Wooden , Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
3 " Be an example to teach, be a role model to follow, and be a leader to emulate. "
― Debasish Mridha
4 " But if a role model in her seventies isn't layered with contradictions - as we all come to be - then what good is she? Why bother to cut the silhouette of another's existence and place it against our own if it isn't as incongruous, ambiguous, inconsistent, and paradoxical as our own lives are? "
― Molly Peacock , The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72
5 " I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it. "
― Ann Richards
6 " Morality is the only way of life that guarantees happiness. Whoever doesn't abide by it should never be taken as a role model or mentor, because it's obvious they don't have any positive purpose in life. "
7 " My role as a role model is to teach my generation how to excel in the role of distinction. "
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8 " The power to change comes from within and they have to want to change. Instead, be a role model and encourage by example. "
9 " To be a role model of the kingdom priority is for your lifestyle to speak it "
10 " I'm beginning to think that if you're going to have a role model you should probably pick someone who's already dead so they can't disappoint you. "
11 " I'm a role model now. ... I want to be a better person because I don't want to disappoint those girls. I stop and think about my actions more. I tip great, I try not to swear too much, and I remember to thank people and be grateful. And all that stuff I do to " appear' better has actually made me a better person. I wish I had always acted like I was a little bit famous. "
12 " There’s no happy ending ... Nevertheless, we might well say that is exactly Harriet Beecher Stowe’s point. In 1852 slavery had not been abolished. Slaves were still on the plantations and many of them were in the hands of people like Legree. Her book was written to shame the collective conscience of America into action against an atrocity which was still continuing. So a happy ending would have been, frankly, a lie and a betrayal. ...Most of the charges are basically true. Stowe did stereotype. She did sentimentalize. She offered a role model which later offended African American pride. On the other hand, what she did worked. She wasn’t trying to provide a role model for African Americans. She was trying to make white Americans ashamed of themselves. ...Perhaps the short answer to her critics is to ask, “Do you want glory, approval, all those good things? Or do you want to achieve your goal? "
― Thomas A. Shippey
13 " I believe in recovery and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it. "
14 " My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children. "
15 " I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son.' "
16 " Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to. "
17 " My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like, 'Yeah! Burgers are cool!' "
18 " My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her. "
19 " I've been a medical and public health professional as well as a mother. I became skilled at juggling a number of priorities and competing interests. Like many other female leaders, I've tried to serve as a role model for the young women at my organization who are trying to balance a high-level leadership position and a family. "
20 " 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. "
