Jonas Salk Made the vaccine for polio (1955)..Humility Personified

Jonas Salk - Medical Pioneer

Even the disease's name scares everyone today: Cancer. But in the 1950's the scary disease was Polio. It paralyzed or killed children. People kept hoping someone would find a way to stop it. Dr. Salk worked every day for years to discover a vaccine to prevent polio, and he succeeded. But instead of bragging and taking lots of money for his work, he displayed HUMILITY and kept working as a doctor to find cures for other diseases, including cancer and AIDS. Quotes: "If humankind would accept and acknowledge this responsibility and become creatively engaged in the process of evolution, consciously as well as unconsciously, a new reality would emerge, and a new age could be born." "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality. " "Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. " "The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. " Oct 28, 1914 - Jun 23, 1995  Virtue: Humility What could you say to someone who praises you for doing a good job?