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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.

Michael Josephson

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Michael Josephson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
Invest
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Adults
Tomorrow
Building
Character
Children
Trying
Repair

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Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades Beauty grows.
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There is within you, waiting to be called, a great source of power called courage. Call its name and it will give you the strength to confront challenges despite fear and to continue and the heart to continue with bold confidence despite the pain of caused by tragedy.
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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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Some jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act.
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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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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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Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.
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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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It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.
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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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What will matter is not your success but your significance.
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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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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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Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.
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Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.
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It is better to be unsuccessful pursuing a significant goal that being successful attaining an insignificant one.
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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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Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.
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Character is both formed and revealed by how one deals with everyday situations as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations. Like a well-made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision.
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