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The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.

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Michael Josephson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
Keys
Bigger
Effort
Greater
Goal
Success

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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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We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.
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What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
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Some jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act.
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Character is ethics in action.
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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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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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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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Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.
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Success comes in cans. Failures comes in can'ts.
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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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If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become.
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There is within you, waiting to be called, a great source of power called courage. Call its name and it will give you the strength to confront challenges despite fear and to continue and the heart to continue with bold confidence despite the pain of caused by tragedy.
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Creating a child takes no love or skill being a parent requires lots of both.
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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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Whatever you do, make a difference. Earn the right to look back at something and say, 'I did that.'
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Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
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Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.
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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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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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