'Choose someone whose way of life as well as words, and whose very face as mirroring the character that lies behind it, have won your approval. Be always pointing him out to yourself either as your guardian or as your model. There is a need, in my view, for someone as a standard against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler to do it against you won’t make crooked straight. 

~Seneca

We need to find ourselves a role model.

Someone who we can measure our behavior against.

Someone who inspires and motivates us to be the best that we can be.