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Creating a child takes no love or skill being a parent requires lots of both.

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Michael Josephson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
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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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There's some wisdom and no moral deficiency to one who holds courage in reserve and uses it as a last resort. Before we take the kind of risks that require courage, we ought to exhaust other less risky alternatives.
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It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.
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Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
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Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.
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It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.
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If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.
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There's no such thing as business ethics there's just ethics. And ethics makes no concessions for the real or imagined necessities of making a profit.
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Expressed gratitude encourages further giving ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.
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What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
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It's a great joy but no test of love or commitment to take your son to a ball game. You really prove your credentials as a good dad when you are willing to take your daughter shopping - more than once.
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Lincoln described character is a tree and reputation as its shadow. The tree will always be what it is but the shadow we see depends on where we stand and the angle of the light.
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Character refers to dispositions and habits that determine the way that person normally responds to desires, fears, challenges, opportunities, failures and successes.
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If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.
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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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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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