Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

As a dad I'm emotionally dedicated but I'm not 'figuring out their life plans'. But of course as I'm telling them about the rights of wrongs I'm thinking back to what I was like at their age.

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

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

I had played on the police athletic league, but my father had a unique thing, he always said, 'Before you start going to basketball camp and doing all the things, you should learn about yourself first before somebody else starts telling you how to play.'

I don't have a role model.

The prospect of being a father made me ask myself a question. How do you know what kind of adult your child will turn out to be? And how much can you control that?

I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what I've learned.

I was very fortunate to have some great mentors. A father that was always in my life set the example every day at home. Everybody asks me, 'What was your role model?' My role model slept 20 feet from me every night. I could always go talk to him and ask him questions no matter what it was about.

No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.

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.

When I was 27, I didn't have a clue what was going on! At that age, to have that much power and to have that much ambition is something.

When you don't have someone to model yourself after, you're going to make mistakes.

I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.

My parents are definitely my biggest role models.

I don't know - to be honest, I don't really model myself after anybody.

No one can beat Momma. She made me the person I am today - the way I think and act and move and talk and speak. It's all because of her.

I'm happy to inspire your seven-year-old child, but I do not want to be her role model.

I grew up a lot by going to college. I was still really immature.

My daughter was born when I was nowhere near where I am now, and she took me to another level. I said, 'I have to become a better person in this life if I want to serve as an example. If I want to set a positive example for her, I need to get better myself.'

Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.