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Character is just another term for good person. A person of character lives a worthy life guided by moral principles. A person of character is a good parent, a good friend, a good employee and a good citizen.

Michael Josephson

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Michael Josephson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
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The opposite of success is not failure. Unsuccessful efforts are not failures unless they so discourage you that you abandon further efforts to achieve your goal. Even then, the venture or effort may be a failure but you are not. Failure is an event not a character trait.
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Necessity is not merely the father of invention it is the father of courage.
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Character is ethics in action.
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The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.
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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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Gratitude is most treasured when it is unexpected. When we expect, even demand gratitude, we treat it simply as payment due for some service we rendered and we squeeze any good feeling out of it.
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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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Don't sacrifice a good life for a good time.
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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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If you want to be happy, learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn that being alone does not mean being unhappy. The world is full of plenty of interesting and enjoyable things to do and people who can enrich your life.
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Creating a child takes no love or skill being a parent requires lots of both.
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For many of us gratitude to others comes with a sense of debt that can never be fully paid and therefore the things we are thankful for are never really ours.
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Surround our children with a message of honor
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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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We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.
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Success comes in cans. Failures comes in can'ts.
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Whatever you do, make a difference. Earn the right to look back at something and say, 'I did that.'
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Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.
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