text: the person you admire? list three famous people, living or dead, whom you admire.  why do you admire these people.  what specific characteristics about them you find admirable.   your current efforts to emulate these people's achievements and/or qualities.  how your admiration of these people might affect your performance or outlook. i admire abraham lincoln because his leadership kept the states together. i like that he had a brilliant mind yet remained quite a humble man. i'm not currently trying to emulate any of his achievemnents (how could anyone) or qualities. you can like someone without trying to be them. and no, my admiration for him does not affect my performance or outllok to any significant degree.  other than to say i try to live a good and decent life. pretty much the same answers for neil armstrong and martin luther king jr. i attribute to mlk, my open-mindedness of everyones rights and views.