Brad Paisley Quotes

I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously.

My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

If you want to know my character, look at the kids I've raised.

I try to be a good role model for my son, my family, my friends, and then I try to be a good role model for the rest of the people, too.

I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are my best friends, so I'd have good examples to lead from.

I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.

I'm just going to be as honest as I can with my children and really try to build their character to be as strong as ours is.

I'm much more concerned with being a good dad than a good actor, being there for my children, educating them and hopefully helping them avoid some of the mistakes that I've made.

I refuse to lie to children.

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

I hope I will be remembered as a good father and a fair employer. And a good host, of course!

They're really nice kids. Michael is really raising them properly and right.

Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

Being a role model is a privilege.

I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

Being a role model is cool and a great honor. I'm grateful to be considered one and will live up to that title by encouraging kids to eat their Wheaties and brush their teeth often.

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.

Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.

If children are expected to be honest, parents must be honest. If children are expected to be virtuous, parents must be virtuous. If you expect your children to be honorable, you must be honorable.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.