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It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.
Michael Josephson
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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
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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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I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.
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Character is ethics in action.
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What will matter in the end is not what you bought but what you built not what you got but what you gave not what you learned by what you taught. What will matter is not your competence but your character.
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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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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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Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is owed you.
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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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The only force that can sustain true and consistent courage is some form of spiritual belief that values like honor, duty, loyalty and integrity above the status, power, money and even security.
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Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.
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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 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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You don't have to be sick to get better.
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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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The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.
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A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.
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Surround our children with a message of honor
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Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.
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What you allow you encourage.
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Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.
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