Amandla Stenberg Quotes

There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.

I have stood on the shoulders of giants like Billie Jean King, Hillary Clinton, my mother - people who have really empowered and influenced my life in an incredible way.

People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power. I wouldn't even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

During the Me Too breakthrough, I was hanging out with Emma Thompson and Emily Watson - two people I've looked up to my entire life. Talking to those women was so empowering.

Everybody is inspired by someone.

I have a lot of role models.

When I look back at the people who shaped me, that made a difference in my life, most of them were women.

Growing up, I really didn't have a lot of role models.

I don't have a role model.

If I could turn into my old coaches, or my parents, then I'd consider that a definite plus.

Viola Davis, Patti Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julianne Moore. I could go on forever listing names. However... my greatest inspirations have, without a doubt, been my teachers, friends, and family.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

At our best, we are all teachers

Successful people rely heavily on their mentors. Ordinary people don't. It's that simple.

I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.

My life has been transformed by great teachers all the way.

Without my mentors there is no Misty.

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.

When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer, scientist, artist, or leader in any realm--her goal remains abstract. Such models as appear in books or on the news, however inspiring or revered, are ultimately too remote to be real, let alone influential. But a role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this.

I myself have benefited from many mentors throughout my life.