Best 136 quotes of Michael Josephson on MyQuotes

A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.

A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else's definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes your life is not your own and there can be no sense of fulfillment no matter how much you achieve.

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.

America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.

A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles.

A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.

Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.

At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.

Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts or kindnesses.

Being a father is the most important role I will ever play and if I don't do this well, no other thing I do really matters.

Be thankful for quality competitors who push you to your limit.

Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.

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.

Character is doing the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. When it comes to character, you dont have to be sick to get better. Its easier for a good person to get better than for a bad person to get good.

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.

Character is just another term for "good person." A person of character lives a worthy life guided by moral principles. A person of character is a good parent, a good friend, a good employee and a good citizen.

Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each of these virtues are independently important but together they provide the foundation for a worthy life.

Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it's doing the right thing when everyone is looking. It's being willing to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.

Character refers to dispositions and habits that determine the way that person normally responds to desires, fears, challenges, opportunities, failures and successes.

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.

Christmas has a certain universal appeal that gives it meaning well beyond a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but Christians have a special duty to experience its sacred and profound spiritual significance and non-Christians have a duty to treat the day with special respect.

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

Don't ask whether it is going to be easy. Ask whether it is worth it.

Don't confuse fun with fulfillment, or pleasure with happiness.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

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

Ethics doesn't require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want and what we should do

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

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

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

Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

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

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.

Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character.

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

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.

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.

Gratefulness is a payment everyone can afford.

Gratitude is a feeling not statement. It is so easy to say we are grateful that I often don't stop to really, really take the time to experience gratitude. Saying the words doesn't mean a thing without the feeling and it takes a moment of genuine reflection to summon that feeling. This Thanksgiving don't shortchange yourself with hollow words.

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.

Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.

Happiness is the peace of mind that comes from feeling that I am living a worthy life in the company of people I love and in the service of something bigger than myself.

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

How many times do you get to lie before you are a liar?

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.

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.

If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.