Who do you look up to or highly respect?

[Fredflintstone]

Who is your personal hero?

I will share mine and why.

My hero is Bill Gates. It’s not because he has a lot of money or set up a major corporation. It’s because of what he is now doing through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Instead of hoarding his bounty, he chose to use his gift to share. His foundation has changed many lives worldwide and continues to have positive impacts. In essence, his wealth will all be used to help make humanity better.

For that, I thank him and his unselfish generosity.




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[WinniWoman]

My heroine(s) was always Jane Goodall (and Diane Fossey).

I always wished I could have been like them. Going off to Africa to work with and save the gorillas.

I used to love Jacques Cousteau also.

 

[Panina]

I highly respect someone who works at a job that they don’t have to
because they truly believe in what they are doing
and even though they give what others wouldn’t
they are not appreciated for all their efforts.

 

[Bucky]

My wife! After 49 years with me I nominate her for sainthood.

 

[chapjim]

My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

[myoakley]

My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen! Same for me.

 

[Patri]

My hero is Bill Gates. It’s not because he has a lot of money or set up a major corporation. It’s because of what he is now doing through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Instead of hoarding his bounty, he chose to use his gift to share. His foundation has changed many lives worldwide and continues to have positive impacts. In essence, his wealth will all be used to help make humanity better.

A generous philanthropist in our area recently passed away. His will states that his foundation will close within 10 years. He didn't want the board of directors to make it a self-sustaining operation, with them or an administrator earning money that should be out there helping others. I thought that was wonderful. One article said he believed there was no purpose to foundations existing into perpetuity, because things change in the future and you don't know now what the needs will be then.

 

[pittle]

My Dad - He was super special in so many ways. He became my Dad when I was 6 years old. My biological father died as the result of an airplane crash (engine failure) when in the Air Force just before I turned 5. Mom remarried and I got a super great Christian father and the best example of God that anyone could ask for. He loved me unconditionally, forgave me when I made wrong choices and asked forgiveness, and would have given his life for me. I tried my best to not disappoint him, but did sometimes, but he never failed to show his love for me. He encouraged me to do my best and I was the first one in the family to graduate from college. My younger brothers said I was his favorite child - which was super special since 2 of them were his biological children. He died just before his 66th birthday 25 years ago of ALS. I still miss him and try to make him proud.

 

[turkel]

^^^

You brought me to tears! Lovely wonderful story!

 

[pittle]

^^^

You brought me to tears! Lovely wonderful story!

Thank you. I get teary when I talk about him to others as he made such an impact on my life.

 

[joestein]

I don't really have a hero, but I think that Elon Musk is very impressive. He is always looking towards the future in his endeavors. He has tremendous foresight and I think at the time of his death he will be considered the
'Father' of many mainstream industries.

 

[vacationhopeful]

My paternal grandmother ... a 17 girl who married in 1919 an only child of a farmer whose extended family also lived in the home built in 1702 with a new addition added onto it in 1859. My grandmother SAVED the family farm from being lost during the Depression era generating money to pay her 'share PLUS' of the household bills plus raising their 5 children. HOW? She found a unwanted niche on the farm and the area by raising turkeys ... a dumb bird who looks up the the sky when it rains and DROWNS from the raindrops.

The house is still in the family ... owned by my 94yo aunt who was her 3rd child (called the last person standing of that generation).

 

[Carta]

I agree w/ Bucky #4....My wife has put up w/ me since 1966 (boyfriend/girlfriend)...

 

[stevio99]

Bill Gates?? Gimme a break..

Its easy to be philanthropic once you've made a fortune stealing the ideas and work (essentially all his BASIC products are stolen code) of others.

 

[Patri]

Bill Gates?? Gimme a break..
Its easy to be philanthropic once you've made a fortune stealing the ideas and work (essentially all his BASIC products are stolen code) of others.

Why is it easier to be philanthropic if you get rich that way rather than another way (ie inherit, work hard, save, etc.)? His mindset is honorable, as is that of many wealthy people. And even the not-so-rich who give their money away in their wills. You hear about it often.

 

[pedro47]

My heroes are our Lord and Savior, his son Jesus Christ, my Father & Mother and my Father-in-Law and Mother-in-Law.

 

[rickandcindy23]

My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Me too. And that brought a tear to my eye to see your post. I have been listening to an Audible book by Lee Strobel, read by him, too, and if you want to believe, just read or listen to the book, "The Case for Miracles." I am astounded by the miracles in that book, and it's just a sampling.

 

[Shankilicious]

Who is your personal hero?
I will share mine and why.
My hero is Bill Gates. It’s not because he has a lot of money or set up a major corporation. It’s because of what he is now doing through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Instead of hoarding his bounty, he chose to use his gift to share. His foundation has changed many lives worldwide and continues to have positive impacts. In essence, his wealth will all be used to help make humanity better.
For that, I thank him and his unselfish generosity.


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I hear ya but ^^^^ that is ironic and made me laugh pretty hard. Hero created Microsoft but uses an iPad lol! Not making fun of you, just the irony.

I used to hate my hero. But now I realize how much all the pain he put me through must have hurt him as well. And after 6 years of fighting and me telling him I hated him, it finally clicked how amazing my dad is and now that I'm a father, how difficult those years must have been.

I also get to work alongside of heroes every day as a police officer. The number of lives I have seen saved in many different ways is staggering and very few will ever make the news.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I hear ya but ^^^^ that is ironic and made me laugh pretty hard. Hero created Microsoft but uses an iPad lol! Not making fun of you, just the irony.

I used to hate my hero. But now I realize how much all the pain he put me through must have hurt him as well. And after 6 years of fighting and me telling him I hated him, it finally clicked how amazing my dad is and now that I'm a father, how difficult those years must have been.

I also get to work alongside of heroes every day as a police officer. The number of lives I have seen saved in many different ways is staggering and very few will ever make the news.

Thank you for your service, and your story is really nice to read. Dads sure seem like jerks, but when they are dead and gone, that is when we really appreciate them. I am glad your dad did not die before you came to that realization.

 

[Icc5]

I would have to say my hero's are all coaches I had in baseball starting with little league. Most of rage coaches I had at that time didn't have kids, worked a middle class job and spent their time and many times money to help build character in boys they hardly knew. In my case I had a coach that would get off work as a carpenter and then pick up several of us that lived cross town about 7 miles from where we practiced. Usually he also took us home because at that time it wasn't unusual for families to have only one car and it was being used by the working parent. In our area at the time most mother's were home holding down the house chores and making dinner,seeing to it we did homework,etc. Back then most kids respected their parents,elders,teachers, and coaches so you were wide open to learn.
Bart

 

[mbh]

Winston Churchill. Many of his quotes are still valid today.

 

[jehb2]

All of the teachers/coaches (elementary, band, violin, swim, dance, Sunday school, soccer, volleyball ...) who have work with my kids. My kids are pretty awesome but I think they are pretty neat human beings because of all the wonderful teachers they’ve had.

 

[theo]

1. My late Dad, whose every living thought and action was based on honor and personal integrity. He never preached, he only practiced. U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, great father, brother, husband. Director of a state law enforcement agency, who had entered as a "rookie" after returning from WWII and came up through the ranks over decades of widely recognized excellence and dedication. Great sense of humor; people were drawn to him like iron to a magnet. I miss him every day and know in my heart that I'll never personally know or meet another human being of his caliber in my lifetime. What a blessing to realize that the greatest man I'll ever have the honor to know was also my own father.

2. Collectively, all U.S. Navy SEALS; past, present, fallen and future. Smart, tough, brave, highly trained and fearless warriors with unmatched appreciation and application of the concept of "team". We never learn of most of their many dangerous missions, as only the highest profile miracles ever come into public view (e.g., the Maersk Alabama rescue, Osama bin Laden's belated "removal" from the planet, etc.) I don't know where that kind of personal drive, fearless resolve, dedication, bravery and indomitable will comes from to be able to endure the unbelievably harsh and unforgiving training and conditions that they routinely (and completely voluntarily) experience, but God help any of our country's enemies who earn and garner the "undivided attention" of U.S. Navy SEALS.

3. Theodore Roosevelt. A fascinating character and "larger than life" personality. A conservationist and outdoorsman, with the vision to establish our National Park System and National Wildlife Refuges. Soldier, first NYC Police Commissioner, U.S. President. A very impressive "resume", by any possible standard or measure.

P.S. I do not mean in any way to ignore or dismiss the importance or significance of God or religious beliefs. I will merely note that the OP specifically asked about "personal hero" so I chose to confine my input to mere mortals. YMMV.

 

[b2bailey]

Warren Buffett -- not because of his money, but how he handles it and himself.
Not saying he is at the top of my list, but my other favorites are no longer living -- Billy Graham and Mother Teresa.

 

[easyrider]

Regarding the highly respected in my life, I'm in the group of guys that choose their wife. After her, it would be me.

After us would be every one. We respect every one as much as possible, even when it doesn't seem deserving. Respect is synonymous with love so respecting every one is showing every one a measure of love.

Bill