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A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.
Michael Josephson
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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
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Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.
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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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Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.
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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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America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.
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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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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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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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Gratitude is most treasured when it is unexpected. When we expect, even demand gratitude, we treat it simply as payment due for some service we rendered and we squeeze any good feeling out of it.
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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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Success comes in cans. Failures comes in can'ts.
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Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.
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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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Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want and what we should do
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What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew but how many will feel a lasting loss when you are gone. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by who and for what?
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Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
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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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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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If you want to be happy, learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn that being alone does not mean being unhappy. The world is full of plenty of interesting and enjoyable things to do and people who can enrich your life.
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