What are the greatest role models?

Royce Barber — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:31:44 GMT

Am I missing any really great role models from this list?

I want to “stand on the shoulders of giants”, as they say. I'm into Christianity, Health, Philosophy, and Technology.

Here is my list so far...

Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Da_Vinci

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Billy Graham 1918-Future: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham

Thomas Edison 1847-1931: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

Warren Buffett 1930-Future: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

Isaac Newton 1643-1727: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

Socrates 470BC-399BC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Plato 348BC-348BC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato

Aristotle 384BC-322BC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle

Paolo Soleri of Arcology 1919-Future: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Soleri

Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_gram_bell

NonHuman, Wikipedia Internet Encyclopedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

NonHuman, Costco: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco

NonHuman, Ubuntu OS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribution%29

NonHuman, Investools: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investools

NonHuman, Popular Science Magazine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Science

NonHuman, Philosophy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophers

NonHuman, Google: http://labs.google.com/

NonHuman, Open Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opensource

NonHuman, Honda Asimo Robot: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO

NonHuman, Food Guide Pyramid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_guide_pyramid

NonHuman, The Message (Bible): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_%28Bible%29

NonHuman, Text-to-Speech Software: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesis

NonHuman, Gosple For Asia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_for_Asia

* Jesus Christ: Son of God. Founder of Christianity. Died for our sins. Taught people wonderful lessons. Healed the sick. Gave to the poor.

* Youth Group Leaders and Church Elders are usually cool people to hang out with.

* Carman (Christian Music Artist.)

* Cary Grant

* Robyn and Rand Miller (myst authors).

* Walt Disney (cartoons, disney land).

* (?) Theodore Roosevelt.

* (?) Leonardo Da Vinci.

* (?) Benjamin Franklin ( American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and one of America's greatest statesmen.)

* Volunteers for Good Causes. These may be leaders or just ocasional helpers. Some examples are Church Pastors, Youth Group Leaders, Bible Study Leaders, Prayer Group Leaders, Church Elders, Missionaries, Sunday School Teachers, or anyone who takes time to support their neighbor.

* (?) Aristotle (ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato).

* (?) Plato (classical Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle. wrote on many philosophical issues.)

* (?) Socrates (ancient Greek philosopher).

* (?) Isaac Newton.

* Warren Edward Buffet: Made US$42 Billion dollars with his company Berkshire Hathaway. Gave away 85% of his money to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support poor countries. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

* Benjamin Graham. The Father of Value Investing. The Dean of Wall Street.
Taught Warren Buffett at Columbia University. For more data see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Graham

* Dr. Michio Kaku: Japanese American theoretical physicist, tenured professor, and co-founder of string field theory, a branch of superstring theory. He is a widely known popularizer of science, the host of two radio programs, and the author of numerous books. Has been on many technology television shows.

* Douglas Adams: an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

* Monty Python: The collective name of the creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969.

* Thomas Edison. American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th century. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,097 U.S. patents in his name.

* Billy Graham: Born 1918. American Protestant Christian evangelist. He has advised and prayed with ten successive U.S. presidents and was number 7 on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. For more data see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham

RE: What are the greatest role models?

Osman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:46:21 GMT

Hi,

If your into technology I would add Albert Einstein. He's certainly one of the greater minds humanity has known and he was a decent person as well.

RE: What are the greatest role models?

drabsv — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:58:29 GMT

Marquis de Condorcet, but the list seems already too long. Would you have enough time to learn about all those minds in depth and then would you have enough time to try out to resemble them in your thinking and actions?