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Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.

Michael Josephson

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Michael Josephson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
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Fulfillment
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Fun
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Happiness

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Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.
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I am grateful for all those people who said no. It is because of them that I did it myself. Practice an attitude of gratitude. You can either be miserable dwelling on the troubles you have or grateful for the ones you don't have. Your troubles don't care but it makes a huge difference in your life.
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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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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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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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Character is ethics in action.
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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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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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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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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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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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Don't sacrifice a good life for a good time.
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Expressed gratitude encourages further giving ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.
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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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People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity.
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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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Whatever you do, make a difference. Earn the right to look back at something and say, 'I did that.'
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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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