Michael Josephson Quotes - Page 6

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• Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.

  Michael Josephson

  Humor, Eye, Practice

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Attitude, Grateful

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Pain, Heart, Names

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Opportunity, Thinking, Organization

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• A person of character knows the difference between right and wrong and always tries to do the right thing for the right reason.

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  Character, Differences, Trying

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• Surround our children with a message of honor

  Michael Josephson

  Leadership, Sports, Children

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• Character - We describe the character of a person in reference to moral judgments about the worthiness of a person. Thus, to have a strong, great or honorable character is to be a person of merit, worthy of admiration and honor.

  Michael Josephson

  Strong, Character, Honor

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• You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter.

  Michael Josephson

  Kindness, Water, Loving Kindness

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• It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair

  Michael Josephson

  Justice, Ethics, Fairness

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• Many things in life are not fair but all things should be.

  Michael Josephson

  Things In Life, Justice, Ethics

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• The kind of courage that is strengthened or created by concern about what others will think is really a form of fear. Fear of disapproval or dishonor becoming stronger than fear of injury or even death.

  Michael Josephson

  Thinking, Stronger, Becoming

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Debt

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Feelings

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• It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Good Character, Easier

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• Character is both formed and revealed by how one deals with everyday situations as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations. Like a well-made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Decision, Temptation

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• Success or failure can only be measured in terms of a particular objective. The success of a person whose life objective is money or status will look very different than the success of one who sets out to make a positive difference in the world.

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  Differences, Different, Looks

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• There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.

  Michael Josephson

  Successful, People, Goal

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Opportunity, Challenges

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Commitment, Principles

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• We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Thinking, Trying

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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.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Grateful, Blessing

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• The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Blessing, Way

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• To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.

  Michael Josephson

  Thinking, People, Purpose

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• Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Thinking, Want

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• You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel.

  Michael Josephson

  Captains, Ships, Wheels

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