348 Quotes About Role-models

The biggest problem with mentorship is that in almost all cases the mentor either cannot make the mentee better than them, or does not want that to ever happen.

I hear many young women say they can't find well-known feminists with whom they identify. That can be disheartening, but I say, let us (try to) become the feminists we would like to see moving through the world.

I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.

Six contemporary, young, strong women taking control of their lives and making decisions. Snapshots - what's your story?

When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about who was “acceptable” as my heroes if you will, because they didn’t want me being influenced by athletes who lacked morals. Cal Ripken and Dale Murphy were at the top of my mom’s list of players she felt were good role models, so of course I was a diehard fan of both those guys.

-When I was growing up, Lieutenant Uhura was a major role model for me, a strong black woman on the bridge of a starship…-In a miniskirt, answering the interplanetary telephone?

She had the courageto pattern her life after a woman--herself.

Wes wanted to be just like Tony. Tony wanted Wes to be nothing like him.

In a fast changing world, choosing a role model becomes exceedingly tough. An easier option could be to chose anti-role-models … people you would not like to be, or things you would not like to do!