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Michael Josephson (born December 10, 1942) is 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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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.

Block, Develop, Positivity, Stones, Successful, Think

We judge our own character by our best intentions and most noble acts, but we will be judged by our last worst act.

Acts, Character, Judge, Judged, Judging, Noble

Good character is the single most important attribute of a successful and worthy life.

Attribute, Character, Good, Important, Successful, Worthy

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.

Basketball, Coach, Game, Games, Good Coaches, Improves

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

Dad, Daddy, Father, Happier, Word

If one insists on calling all unsuccessful efforts failures the meaning of failure is really quite benign. When trying anything new or taking on any challenge, unsuccessful efforts are an essential aspect of skill building.

Skills, Effort, Challenges, Quite, Failure, Unsuccessful

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.

Boss, Hope, Know, People, Wise

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

Matter, Significance, Success

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

Children, Creating, Dad, Father, Requires, Skill

Physical courage to a person of honour is easier and less risky than acts that could subject him to embarrassment or humiliation or a diminished career or reputation. These things he must live with. To die for honor is an easier thought to bear.

Bears, Careers, Courage, Honor, Humiliation, Thought

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.

Being Alone, Enrich, Life, Lonely, Mean, Plenty

An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.

Action, Good Intentions, Intention, Intentions, Ounce, Worth

A caring heart that listens is often more valued than an intelligent mind that talks.

Heart, Caring, Intelligent, Mind, Valued

There's a hole in the moral ozone and it's getting bigger.

Change, Ozone, Moral, Hole, Bigger

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.

Face, Grows, Heart, Inspirational, Soul

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, Loss, Principle, Social, Successful

Many things in life are not fair but all things should be.

Ethics, Fair, Justice, Life, Things, Things In Life

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

Action, Anxiety, Defeat, Despair, Way

Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is owed you.

Being Thankful, Exchange, Expectations, Gratitude, Owed, Suggests

It's easier to make a good person better than to make a bad person good.

Bad, Character, Easier, Good Person, Person

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