Zawe Ashton Quotes

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.

I can see that I can be a role model.

You yourself are the teacher, and the pupil, you're the master, you're the guru, you are the leader, you are everything! And, to understand is to transform what is.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

I never thought I'd be a role model but I think to some people I am or have been.

If you can be a good role model for people, well, great. You try and live your sporting life and the rest of your life as well as you can, and if it's something that people admire, well, fantastic. I don't sit at home and think about it too much, though - there's plenty of other things in my life going on.

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.

What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us. When we get awareness and learn about the great potential that we all human beings have, we are able to discover our leadership.

Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Georgia on My Mind.'

I think leadership is not something you learn; it's something you discover.

Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.

As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

I want to be someone who can be a role model to kids - and to everyone, for that matter.

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.

Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.

Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.

Being a role model is a little bit of pressure on me, but I know that people will support me either way which is a good feeling.

It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.

Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things.

When you watch women who are a great mom, a great wife, and a great CEO, like, it's very inspiring. Like, being friends with Jessica Alba makes you work harder.