Pierre Omidyar Quotes

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The qualities of the one you admire are the traits that you, with a little practice, can make your own, and that, if practiced, will become habit forming.

It's not just children who need heroes.

I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.

I guess I always like being asked questions about influence or inspiration, like, "What are you reading? Who are your heroes? Is there any one person you want to shout out to now?" I really love paying it forward with love and attention, because that's what I like to read.

If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.

Every generation has to find their own heroes.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.

It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your mind to, as all parents should do for their kids.

You have to believe in yourself.

I haven't got one or two people that I aspired to be like.

I want people to really be inspired, to believe they can do whatever they want.

When I was 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, I had so many people I looked up to and was so inspired by all these different people. It's cool to be in that position.

I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.

I don't really compare myself to anyone. Growing up, sure you have your favorite players or guys you try to emulate, but I'm just trying to be the best me I can be.

The people that I surround myself with now and my family, they are the key to my success.

I want young girls to be inspired to love themselves and strive to follow their dreams no matter what.

Successful people often enjoy telling their story.