Anguttara Nikaya Sutta 1.13.1
”„Monks, there is one person whose birth into the world is for the welfare of many folk, for the happiness of many folk : who is born out of compassion for the world, for the profit, welfare of devas and mankind. Who is that one person? It is a Tathagatha who is Arahant, a fully Enlightened One. This, monks is that one person.

”„Monks, I do not know of any other single person who so perfectly keeps rolling the wheel supreme of Dhamma set rolling by the Tatagatha as doth Sariputta. Sariputta, monks, is the one who perfectly keeps rolling”K”¦ Chief among those great wisdom is Sariputta. ”K of supernormal powers is Great Moggallana. ”K who uphold minute observance of forms is Kassapa the Great. ”K who are clairvoyant, is Anuruddha. ”K who are wide knowledge, is Ananda ”K of retentive memory, is Ananda. ”K of good behaviour, is Ananda

Anguttara Nikaya Sutta 2.12.1 - 'The believing monk, if he would aspire perfectly, should thus aspire : May I be like Sariputta and Mongollana. Monks, these are a sort of scale and standard (whereby estimate) my disciples who are monks,- namely,Sariputta and Mongollana.

Anguttara Nikaya Sutta 2.6 - ”„Monks, these two persons born into the world are born to the profit and happiness of many, to the profit, happiness and welfare of many folk. What two? A Tatagatha, an Arahant who is a Fully Enlightened One, and a world-ruling monarch. These are two so born. Monks, these two persons born into the world are worthy of a relic shrine. What two? (As above) Monks, these two are enlightened. What two? A Tatagatha, an Arahant who is a Fully Enlightened One, and one enlightened for himself.