Michael Josephson famous quotes

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.
-- Michael Josephson

#Motivational #Determination #Past

To the barefoot man, happiness is a pair of shoes. To the man with old shoes, it's a pair of new shoes. To the man with new shoes, it's stylish shoes. And of course, the fellow with no feet would be happy to be barefoot. Measure your life by what you have not by what you don't.
-- Michael Josephson

#Men #Shoes #Feet

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.
-- Michael Josephson

#Anxiety #Despair #Way

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.
-- Michael Josephson

#New Year #Opportunity #Years

The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.
-- Michael Josephson

#Beautiful #Beach #Gratitude

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.
-- Michael Josephson

#Motivational #Graduation #Pride

Whatever you do, make a difference. Earn the right to look back at something and say, 'I did that.'
-- Michael Josephson

#Differences #Making A Difference #Looks

People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity.
-- Michael Josephson

#Integrity #Fighting #Fire

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.
-- Michael Josephson

#Inspirational #Heart #Soul

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

#New Year #Opportunity #Years

You don't have to be sick to get better.
-- Michael Josephson

#Sick #Get Better #Ethics

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.
-- Michael Josephson

#Motivational #Character #Thinking

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.
-- Michael Josephson

#Honesty #Pay #Cost

The difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is not in the event itself but how you think about it and what you do after it. Every failure and setback can become part of your success or an excuse for quitting or failing. People who develop the discipline of positivity are both happier and more successful.
-- Michael Josephson

#Block #Successful #Positivity

You can't escape moral judgment through a legal loop hole.
-- Michael Josephson

#Moral #Judgment #Holes

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.
-- Michael Josephson

#Perfect #Decision #Honest

The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.
-- Michael Josephson

#Ethical #Should #Persons

It's a great joy but no test of love or commitment to take your son to a ball game. You really prove your credentials as a good dad when you are willing to take your daughter shopping - more than once.
-- Michael Josephson

#Daughter #Dad #Commitment

No word makes me happier than the word "daddy" when it's directed to me.
-- Michael Josephson

#Dad #Daddy

When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose.
-- Michael Josephson

#Winning #Competition #May

Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as we wend our way through life is often determined by whether our parents, teachers, mentors and friends exposed us to good examples and morally inspiring ideas.
-- Michael Josephson

#Teacher #Character #Ideas

What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand actions taken while in the spotlight. Our true character is revealed by normal, consistent, everyday attitudes and behavior, not by self-conscious words or deeds or rare acts of moral courage.
-- Michael Josephson

#Attitude #Taken #Character

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

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

#Trust #Betrayal #Liars

Everything you do sends a message about who you are and what you value.
-- Michael Josephson

#Messages #Values #Who You Are

Personal integrity is important, not because it gets us what we want, but because it helps us be what we want.
-- Michael Josephson

#Integrity #Important #Want

What will matter is not your success but your significance....
-- Michael Josephson

#Success #Matter #Significance

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

#Way #Ethics #Fairness

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

#Dad #Children #Skills

Values are good things only if they are good values.
-- Michael Josephson

#Good Things #Values

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.
-- Michael Josephson

#Wise #People #Boss

The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations.
-- Michael Josephson

#Hurt #Character #Thinking