Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth or power would bring fulfillment and their dignity, good name and self-esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs.
Michael JosephsonPersonal integrity is important, not because it gets us what we want, but because it helps us be what we want.
Michael JosephsonA 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.
Michael JosephsonCharacter is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.
Michael JosephsonOne key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.
Michael JosephsonThe 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