Michael Josephson Quotes - Page 3

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• Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.

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  Thinking, Effort, Next

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• Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.

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  Integrity, Cost, Pay

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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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  Character, Judging, Noble

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• People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity.

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  Integrity, Fighting, Fire

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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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  Differences, Making A Difference, Looks

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• Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything

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  Integrity, Winning, Thinking

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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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  Character, Light, Tree

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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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  Character, Moral Strength, Cost

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

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  Hurt, Character, People

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• Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.

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  Character, Successful, Important

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• It is not enough that we express our gratitude, we must experience it. We truly honor the must think about our blessings, separately and cumulatively It is not enough to count our blessings and express our gratitude if we don't truly feel grateful.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Blessing

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• You don't have to be sick to get better.

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  Leadership, Sick, Get Better

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• Success comes in cans. Failures comes in can'ts.

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• Don't sacrifice a good life for a good time.

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  Good Life, Sacrifice, Good Times

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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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  Children, Character, Trying

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• The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

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  Anxiety, Despair, Way

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• Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.

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  Powerful, Mean, Yes And No

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• Not everything that is good for you is fun and not everything that is fun is good for you.

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  Fun

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• Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement

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  Goal, Achievement, Wimps

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• Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for the rules and traditions of the sport and various traits of good character including integrity (abiding by the letter and spirit of the rules and concepts of honor); demonstrated respect for others including teammates, opponents, officials and spectators; accountability, self-control, and graciousness in victory and defeat.

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  Sports, Respect, Attitude

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• Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

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  Law, Ethics

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• Physical courage to a person of honour is easier and less risky than acts that could subject him to embarrassment or humiliation or a diminished career or reputation. These things he must live with. To die for honor is an easier thought to bear.

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  Careers, Honor, Bears

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• Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.

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  Justice, Way, Ethics

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• No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established by conscientious adherence to moral values, not by lofty rhetoric or good intentions.

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  Character, Noble, Adherence

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• There are two sure ways to fail: never get started and quit before you succeed. Many companies promote the language of risk-taking and innovation but are so concerned with short term profit goals that their culture discourages innovation (trying new things) and abandons promising projects too soon. It shouldn't require exceptional moral courage to try new things and stick with them.

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  Two, Goal, Risk

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