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Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

Michael Josephson

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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
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Gratitude
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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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No leader or organization can achieve breakout growth until it treats, we've always done it this way as an opportunity to think anew rather than as a reason to stop thinking. Keep in mind, tradition should be a guide, not a jailer.
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Physical courage to a person of honour is easier and less risky than acts that could subject him to embarrassment or humiliation or a diminished career or reputation. These things he must live with. To die for honor is an easier thought to bear.
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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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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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Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
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Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.
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One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.
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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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To the barefoot man, happiness is a pair of shoes. To the man with old shoes, it's a pair of new shoes. To the man with new shoes, it's stylish shoes. And of course, the fellow with no feet would be happy to be barefoot. Measure your life by what you have not by what you don't.
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Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.
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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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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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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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You don't have to be sick to get better.
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A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.
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Success comes in cans. Failures comes in can'ts.
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If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.
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