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"I want to live in a world where people become
famous because of their work for peace and justice
and care. I want the famous to be inspiring; their
lives an example of what every human being has it
in them to do — act from love!"
-- Patch
Adams
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The
hero is one who kindles a great light in the world,
who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of
life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks
through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.
-- Felix
Adler
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I
know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm
trying to be Miss America, but the most important
responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example
and be a role model."
-- Clay
Aiken
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The
ideal of "a family" is one of the most basic models
of what a better world can be like. In a perfect family,
the members are joined by bonds of love; they are
a team, helping each other meet all of their physical
and emotional needs. Of course no family is perfect,
but a family that strives together to become a "family
for a better world" can help each member to feel more
fulfilled and better about themselves and the world.
They also provide a real-life example of how the human
family can work together to create a better world.
-- Robert
Alan Silverstein
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I don't
believe professional athletes should be role models.
I believe parents should be role models....
-- Charles Barkley
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To
win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true
democracy all over the world, we need to win by example,
not just with speeches but by example; not just with
military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
-- Barbara
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Sports
is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving
against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty,
can be important role models.
-– Bill
Bradley
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Role
modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents.
Parents are handing life's scripts to their children,
scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the
rest of the children's lives.
-- Stephen R. Covey
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We must set an example now and move environmentalism
from being the philosophy of a passionate minority
... to a way of life that automatically integrates
ecology into governmental policy and normal living
standards.
~ Leonardo
DiCaprio
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Setting
an example is not the main means of influencing others;
it is the only means.
-- Albert
Einstein
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The
best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to
an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to
your child, a good example; to a father, deference;
to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of
you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”
-- Benjamin
Franklin
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Did
you know children are dying because of AIDS. Missing
the medicines that prevent transmission from mother
to child. Missing the protection from parents teachers
and role models that can teach them about
the danger, and keep them safe from sexual exploitation.
Children are missing your support. Unite for children.
Unite against AIDS.
-- Whoopi
Goldberg (UNICEF
video PSA)
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Leaders
are more powerful role models when they learn than when
they teach.
-- Rosabeth Moss Kantor
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"I
criticize America because I love her. I want her to
stand as a moral example to the world."
--
Martin
Luther King, Jr
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Of
all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are
reminded today that family is the most important.
And
we are called to recognize and honor how critical
every father is to that foundation. They are teachers
and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They
are examples of success and the men who constantly
push us toward it. But if we are honest with ourselves,
we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is
missing – missing from too many lives and too many
homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities,
acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations
of our families are weaker because of it.
-- Barack
Obama
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I
want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture,
I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.
-- Sting
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You
must show the world that you abhor fighting.
-- Desmond
Tutu
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Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example,
how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how
much happier is that man who believes his native town
to be the world than he who aspires to be greater
than his nature will allow.
-- Mary
Wollstonecraft
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If you
are given a chance to be a role model,
I think you should always take it because you can influence
a person's life in a positive light,
and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
-- Tiger Woods
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We
Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example
- particularly in times that require careful deliberation
before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk
in the shoes of those we might injure.
-- Peter
Yarrow
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