Dad Role Model Quotes & Sayings

Children should have a balanced start in life: a mother and a father. I think that's the only reason to get married. — Cicely Tyson

I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model. — Ville Valo

Heaven send us better times! There is nothing but plotting and counter-plotting, undermining and counter-mining in this world. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

I couldn't imagine leaving a child. Not because it was unthinkable, but because I couldn't imagine having a child to leave. — V.T. Davy

Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition, and love those who love you. — Voltaire

I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life ... I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't - I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. — Randy Houser

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew. — Brian Urlacher

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

I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families. — Tyra Banks

To me, my Dad's the greatest guy - next to Jesus Christ - who ever walked this planet. He's been that outstanding male role model in my life. And he's still the same guy I grew up around, very conscious of the image he sets forth. As he would say, 'Wouldn't do anything behind your back that I wouldn't do to your face.' — Aaron Tippin

I don't know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well. — Bryce Dallas Howard

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.' — John Cena

Three of Donald Trump's kids have come forward to defend him, and called him 'an incredible dad and role model.' Donald was so moved that he wrote one of them back into his will. 'I'm not gonna tell you which one ... it's Donald Jr.' — Jimmy Fallon

My role model is my dad. — Seann William Scott

Every dad is the family role model, whether he wants the job or not. — Dennis Rainey

I don't think I was particularly in need of superheroes. I never had any fascination with Superman or Spider-Man or a Batman kind of character. If it happened at all, it was imagined characters that I had invented. My dad was a role model for me. He was a fascinating man. There was intrigue and entertainment growing up with him. He gave me an edict that I still pursue: Life should never be boring. — Christian Bale

My dad's one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman's an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he's a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don't necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment. — Alex Pettyfer

Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now. — Gary Vaynerchuk

I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood. — AnnaLynne McCord

Dad thanks for leaning in by helping me become a role model for young girls. — Serena Williams

You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses. — Napoleon Hill

My dad wasn't the biggest role model, but he was a great musician and I loved him very much. He was a character. — Randy Houser

Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people
because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it
I don't care how good you are. — Bruce Lee

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life. — Sean Covey

This is a broad thought, but loving yourself and having the support so that you can love yourself is the most important thing that young people in Chicago can get. — Common

A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their father stand around them, while God stands within their father. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend. — Tiger Woods

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star. — Tracy Morgan

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it. — Norman Mailer

As I've met clinicians in my travels, time after time I've been inspired to hear why people went into medicine: to apply their way-above-average minds (and hearts) to work that's beyond most people's capacity, and perhaps save a few lives. — Dave DeBronkart