209 Quotes by Michael Josephson

Using the phrase business ethics might imply that the ethical rules and expectations are somehow different in business than in other contexts. There really is no such thing as business ethics. There is just ethics and the challenge for people in business and every other walk in life to acknowledge and live up to basic moral principles like honesty, respect, responsibility, fairness and caring.

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.

Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.

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.

Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

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.

Your life is your ship and you are the captain. Choose your course, take the wheel firmly and get on your way.

What will matter is not your success but your significance....

There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.