Jesse L. Martin Quotes

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.

I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there's another way.

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!

Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we parents are rarely the role models we want to be. True for life. True for driving.

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

Children become like the things they love.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.

It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.

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

My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.

Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids.

Children need models rather than critics.

It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.

I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

I believe if you are nice to people, children will follow. Likewise, if you are rude to people, children will follow.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

My parents are definitely my biggest role models.