Michael Josephson
Michael Josephson
Michael Josephsonis a former law professor and attorney who founded the nonprofit Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics located in Los Angeles, California, out of which he operates as a speaker and lecturer on the subject of ethics. The institute is named after his parents...
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life attitude thinking
I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.
character cost want
Character is the moral strength to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.
character successful loss
Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle at the risk of social disapproval, economic loss or injury to career - that require the greatest moral will power. Since there is usually little upside to winning and a significant and often lasting downside to losing, moral courage often requires as much character as physical bravery.
character judging noble
We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.
thinking effort next
Failure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
character opposites goal
The opposite of success is not failure. Unsuccessful efforts are not failures unless they so discourage you that you abandon further efforts to achieve your goal. Even then, the venture or effort may be a failure but you are not. Failure is an event not a character trait.
believe character justice
It can be frustrating and even frightening to observe the success which sometimes comes to outlaws and rogues who seem to refute notions of universal justice. Every time we see a villain enjoying the fruits of dishonorable acts we find ourselves doubting the value of character and the validity of the virtues we have been taught. Thus, it takes character to believe in character, but that belief is always rewarded, often by material success, but always by the esteem it earns from those who matter.
character good-person easier
It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.
character ethics action
Character is ethics in action.
character good-character easier
It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not.
thinking stronger becoming
The kind of courage that is strengthened or created by concern about what others will think is really a form of fear. Fear of disapproval or dishonor becoming stronger than fear of injury or even death.
children character trying
If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.
character athletic looks
When it comes to building character, wealth, good looks, athletic ability and even a high IQ are more likely to be impediments than advantages.
character thinking trying
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.