209 Quotes by Michael Josephson

You are the captain of your own ship; don’t let anyone else take the wheel.

When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical “thank you” to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.

If we don’t invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults.

A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else’s definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes your life is not your own and there can be no sense of fulfillment no matter how much you achieve.

If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that’s exactly what they’ll become.

Character determines how we lead our lives, how we deal with life’s unearned fortunes and misfortunes and how we make choices that determine how those fortunes and misfortunes work to make us what we become.

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.

Honesty doesn’t always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair.