We need mentors. I don’t care if you’re eight years old, 18 years old, or 58 years old. We all need people whom we can look at and say, “I admire them and the way they live their lives. I look up to them, because I know they are living their lives with a purpose and with truth.”

A mentor can be someone alive or dead, they can be someone famous, or they can be your best friend. But you have to be able to recognize something in them that you genuinely know is good and true.

Martin Luther King Jr. has always been one of my mentors for the simple fact that he gave his life to serve others. He sacrificed a great deal–ultimately his life–because he believed in a cause, and it was clear that his life served a greater purpose than simply entertaining himself or accumulating wealth.

The fact of that matter is, we need more positive heroes who not only remind us of what it means to live a noble life but who also MOTIVATE US TO BECOME BETTER. Some people I look up to and admire are below:

  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Jesus Christ
  • Buddha (Siddhartha)
  • Bill Gates
  • Rosa Parks
  • Bono
  • Albert Einstein
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Nicholas Glab
  • Nelson Mandela
  • And many more…