Who is the person who had the greatest influence on your life?

Question

I mean people who inspired you to turn around and change your life for the better. Role models. It can be a famous people, someone you know, a fictional charcter.
Please explain why if possible.

Thank you all.

Answer 1

I would say my parents ( i know that's sound cliche`) but it's true. They haven't exactly made me change 360 degrees but. Every time i do something i remember what they tell me. I always tell them that they need to let my experiance things on my own. But then i hear the stories they tell me and i don't want to experiance those things. My dad grew up with an abusive dad and a family of 9. Him being the oldest had to work. My relationship with my dad isn't that great but when i see him with his dad i see that he forgave him. If my dad can forgive him for all the s-h-i-t he did to him then why shouldn't i forgive my dad for the small mistakes he does. I love my mom and dad. I thank them for all the care they show me and for the wonderful lessons they have taught me.

Answer 2

My twin brother Daniel. He has recently died, but he was my world. There wasn't anything I wouldn't do when he was around. With him, if he said...hey sis why don't you follow me... I had the confidence of jumping out of an airplane without a parachute on...so to speak. He was my rock. He made me feel as if nothing could harm me. I always knew in my heart that if something were to come up, all I would have to do is make a phone call, and it would be taken care of. We were very close. I could walk into the room and look across the way, if we glanced at each other even during a conversation with another....I could tell what he was saying to me specifically. Like a certain look would be meet me outside, or this sucks, or I need a drink. We just had a bond I can't even describe here. I miss him so much that during rush hour on the way home from work I will turn the radio up and just wail out in his honor. Life and the illusions of it became cold and real the day he died. Nothing will ever be the same. But he gave me all of what life he did have while he was here his short 34 years. I'll admire his attitude, his drive, his motivation, and his humor forever. Thank you for asking.

Answer 3

i don't know that anyone has inspired me to turn around. i don't believe that we can turn around and change our lives. because then we would be facing backwards. i believe that for true change to occur we must be facing forwards. i have learned many things from many people. whether these things seem good or bad is all a matter of perception. i don't use anyone for a role model. i don't want to pattern myself after anyone else, rather i am my own person. a tapestry that has been woven with threads of influence from everyone that i have ever known or known of. i keep what is beautiful and treasure it. i learn from what is ugly. sometimes what seems ugly is really very beautiful. and never let anyone tell you that they know everything because nothing is solid. life is fluid. everchanging. and i flow with it.

Answer 4

My husband. Even though we met at a not so great scenario I turned into a much better person with everyone around me, learned the true meaning of love, was faithful for the first time...even though he spent 10 months overseas, I finished my studies, have my home based business...we have a gorgeous 1 year old daughter!!!!!!! It wasn't always peaches & cream but it turned out for the best.

Answer 5

From those I read in the past: no one really now, but anecdotes of their lives remain-~ Einstein, Richard Feynman, Oscar Wilde (very interestingly bad life), Nietzsche (he too a bad life), Freud, C.S. Lewis, Mozart, Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Rosalyn Yallow, Gloria Steinman, Marilyn Monroe (another sorry life). I respect all names mentioned and other who are living now. I love the music of certian people and love what the scientist do. I think Joshua Bell the violinist is swell! So is Michael Jones (UK) cellist. I love people who do what they love and share that love with others.


Living people affect my life the most. I look up to many people who are celebrities, but giving names is another thing. It is only for their works I love them, not necessarily their moral (or lack of) lives.

I think the most impact on my life came from college professors. I really appreciate the kind of nurture they provide. I really love humanities classes where we share ideas. Or even science classes give alot of commaderie too, just depends on myself and my attitude.

I am an other-made person, (vs. self-made) it seems because I have soaked in alot of others' values and interests. I sought out, and found marvelous people. I can not live without others who love what they do. They make my life worth living because they reflect that energy back to me.

Answer 6

Dr. Patrick H. Schatzline. Not only because of the message he preached when I was twelve that totally set me free from my past; but he also saw me when I was invisable and answered my emails and questions - I listened to his sermons all through highschool and each one rocked me for God in a different way. That started it all; now I feel like I have another life and nothing from my broken past matters or hurts anymore.

Answer 7

My senior drill instructor at Parris Island, Staff Sergeant Toffell. I've forgotten many people's names over the years, including some relatives, but I'll never, ever forget those drill instructors, specifically the senior.

Answer 8

I think the most influential person in my life has been my husband because all my life, I didn't receive the love I wanted, the attention I deserved, the truth I needed, wanted, & deserved, but when I met my husband he gave me these things and more. He gave me Love, Attention, Truth, Honesty, Communication, Patience, Time, Space, Knowledge, etc. All the things I wanted the exact way I needed it! I LOVE HIM!!!!

Answer 9

i dont think i have ONE person who has influenced my life it has been a combination of everyone i have ever know and just life... i guess if i had to pick someone it would be my parents... but only because they are the one that "influenced" me into BEING... before them i dont know where i was or who i was... but they brought me here and now......

Answer 10

My Dad. He was always there for me and always inspired me to be myself and to do the best I can.