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Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.

Michael Josephson

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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
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When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical thank you to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.
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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.
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I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better.
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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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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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It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair
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A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.
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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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The opposite of success is not failure. Unsuccessful efforts are not failures unless they so discourage you that you abandon further efforts to achieve your goal. Even then, the venture or effort may be a failure but you are not. Failure is an event not a character trait.
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I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.
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Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.
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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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There's no such thing as business ethics there's just ethics. And ethics makes no concessions for the real or imagined necessities of making a profit.
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Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.
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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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