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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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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
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America
Together
Best
Sounds
Sing
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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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People who don't believe in you are right only if you believe they are.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.
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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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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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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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Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.
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The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.
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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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Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
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Don't sacrifice a good life for a good time.
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It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.
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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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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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