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. 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 courage wonderful might 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-better sick character If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become. Michael Josephson relics important-values ifs 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 christmas spiritual christian 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 gratitude expression kindness What you allow you encourage. Michael Josephson authority leadership 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 opportunity character sex 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 trying character thinking Character is ethics in action. Michael Josephson ethics action character Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right. Michael Josephson intensity conviction feelings 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-friend parent character 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 choices fortune character 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-love character people Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay. Michael Josephson moral-strength cost character
