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What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
Michael Josephson
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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
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The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.
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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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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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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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The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.
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At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.
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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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Expressed gratitude encourages further giving ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.
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Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.
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Go out there and do your part to change the world. You may not change all you had hoped but the world will be better for the caring demonstrated by your effort.
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