Jonas Salk

I believe in the power of community to support and uplift us.

The greatest gift you can give the world is your unique self.

The most important thing is to never stop learning.

I believe that we are all interconnected, and that our actions have a ripple effect.

The greatest success is to live a life of purpose.

The only way to do great work is to be authentic.

I believe in the power of hope to inspire and motivate us.

The greatest gift you can give yourself is self-love.

The most important thing is to be kind to yourself and others.

I believe that we are all capable of creating a better world.

The reward for a thing well done is to have done it.

Who owns the patent on this vaccine? Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.

Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the soul through the body.

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Do we believe that we are essentially good or essentially evil?'

I have had several serious talks with my children about the environment. They ask me, 'What can I do?' I tell them, 'Nothing, unless you are willing to do everything.'

Reason and intelligence are very satisfying and powerful tools for life, but we must also be wise and humble enough to realize that they are not the only tools.

The foundation upon which we can build a safe and prosperous future is the knowledge that we are all in this together.

I felt that the vaccine was effective and decided against one more animal test. The title of a movie says, The Longest Day. That was the longest night of both my life and the life of the three children who were victims of polio.

Public health is everybody's business.