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Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
Awareness
Strength
Moral
Character
Good
Love
People
Ethical

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In life, we all get scored on every day. The wonderful thing is, if we do our best with courage and tenacity, we might be outscored but we can never be beaten.
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Necessity is not merely the father of invention it is the father of courage.
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If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become.
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What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew but how many will feel a lasting loss when you are gone. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by who and for what?
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It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair
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Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.
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People who don't believe in you are right only if you believe they are.
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A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.
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A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles.
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I am grateful for all those people who said no. It is because of them that I did it myself. Practice an attitude of gratitude. You can either be miserable dwelling on the troubles you have or grateful for the ones you don't have. Your troubles don't care but it makes a huge difference in your life.
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Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
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It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.
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Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want and what we should do
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Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.
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Creating a child takes no love or skill being a parent requires lots of both.
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Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.
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Go out there and do your part to change the world. You may not change all you had hoped but the world will be better for the caring demonstrated by your effort.
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Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.
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I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better.
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