In the words of Michael Josephson:
Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.
The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.
Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.
The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.
Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.
Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.
To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.
People who don't believe in you are right only if you believe they are.
Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.
Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.
It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.
Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.
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.
People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.
At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.
If you pay too much attention to your reputation, you could lose your character.
When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose.
People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity.
If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become.
Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.
When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.
Ethics is not about the way things are, it is about the way things ought to be.
Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.
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.
Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right.
America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.
One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.
It is better to be unsuccessful pursuing a significant goal that being successful attaining an insignificant one.
You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel.
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.
When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.
Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.
Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.
A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.
Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.
A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.
Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.
Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
If you are the boss it's wise to remember that there are lots of things you don't know and lots of people who hope you won't find out.
Personal integrity is important, not because it gets us what we want, but because it helps us be what we want.
Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.
Not everything that is good for you is fun and not everything that is fun is good for you.
If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.
It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.
There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.
It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.
We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.
Experimenting with drugs is like target practice where your head is the bull's-eye.
It isn't the absence of conscience or values that prevents us from being all we should be, it is simply the lack of moral courage.
A person of character knows the difference between right and wrong and always tries to do the right thing for the right reason.
The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.
Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.
Your life is your ship and you are the captain. Choose your course, take the wheel firmly and get on your way.
Necessity is not merely the father of invention; it is the father of courage.
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