Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort. Michael Josephson More Quotes by Michael Josephson More Quotes From Michael Josephson In life, we all get scored on every day. The wonderful thing is, if we do our best with courage and tenacity, we might be outscored but we can never be beaten. Michael Josephson couragewonderfulmight 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. Michael Josephson get-bettersickcharacter If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become. Michael Josephson relicsimportant-valuesifs 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. Michael Josephson christmasspiritualchristian 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. Michael Josephson gratitudeexpressionkindness What you allow you encourage. Michael Josephson authorityleadership Nothing about character is hereditary. Everyone, regardless of social background, financial status, race, or sex, enters the world with an equal opportunity to become a person of great or petty character. Michael Josephson opportunitycharactersex 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 tryingcharacterthinking Character is ethics in action. Michael Josephson ethicsactioncharacter Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right. Michael Josephson intensityconvictionfeelings 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. Michael Josephson good-friendparentcharacter Character determines how we lead our lives, how we deal with life's unearned fortunes and misfortunes and how we make choices that determine how those fortunes and misfortunes work to make us what we become. Michael Josephson choicesfortunecharacter 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. Michael Josephson good-lovecharacterpeople Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. Michael Josephson moral-strengthcostcharacter
