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Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.

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Michael Josephson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
Sends
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Messages
Value
Values
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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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Expressed gratitude encourages further giving ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.
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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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Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
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When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.
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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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The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.
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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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The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.
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Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.
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Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.
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A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else's definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes your life is not your own and there can be no sense of fulfillment no matter how much you achieve.
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A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.
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What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand actions taken while in the spotlight. Our true character is revealed by normal, consistent, everyday attitudes and behavior, not by self-conscious words or deeds or rare acts of moral courage.
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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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The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.
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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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Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.
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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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If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.
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